(From the article): “The measure calls for placing a one-time 5 percent tax on the assets of California residents with at least $1.1 billion. Opponents are backing competing measures to counter the tax.
The labor union backing a proposal to place a new tax on California billionaires says it has collected enough signatures to place the measure on the state’s November ballot.
Supporters have collected more than 1.5 million signatures on petitions that call for a vote on the proposed tax, according to a statement from the campaign on Sunday. The group backing the measure intends to announce on Monday when it will submit the signatures to elections officials.
If approved to go on the ballot, the proposal will kick off an expensive election fight that will tap into voter anxieties about economic inequality as well as concerns from business leaders that California could lose its luster as a cradle of technological innovation. Powerful people, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and numerous Silicon Valley executives, have vowed to fight the proposal, while Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent of Vermont, has endorsed it.
The measure calls for placing a one-time 5 percent tax on the assets of California residents with at least $1.1 billion, and would dedicate most of the revenue to health care. The union leading the campaign, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, argues that the tax is necessary to make up for cuts to Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs by the Trump administration last year.
“Healthcare workers and our allies won’t quit until we fully protect our patients from the looming healthcare disaster,” Suzanne Jimenez, a leader of the union, said in a statement.”
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The billionaires may leave, but good, fuck em! If they don’t want to contribute to the economy of California, then they don’t deserve its benefits.
And for those saying “But they take their wealth with them” Yeah they weren’t paying taxes to begin with 😂
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The loss of 108,000 jobs?
YoureProbablyAB0t on
Tax the Rich!
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Cue the inevitable wave of opinion pieces crying about how california is going to completely collapse because a few guys hoarding dragon levels of wealth might actually have to contribute to society tbh.
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If they want to leave to avoid taxes, that says more about them than the policy. Let them go.
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A tax on billionaires is a nice start, but they also need to establish a state “exit tax” for the ultra wealthy. Don’t wanna pay a one-time 5% tax? Fine, then you can pay a 10% exit tax.
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(From the article): “The measure calls for placing a one-time 5 percent tax on the assets of California residents with at least $1.1 billion. Opponents are backing competing measures to counter the tax.
The labor union backing a proposal to place a new tax on California billionaires says it has collected enough signatures to place the measure on the state’s November ballot.
Supporters have collected more than 1.5 million signatures on petitions that call for a vote on the proposed tax, according to a statement from the campaign on Sunday. The group backing the measure intends to announce on Monday when it will submit the signatures to elections officials.
If approved to go on the ballot, the proposal will kick off an expensive election fight that will tap into voter anxieties about economic inequality as well as concerns from business leaders that California could lose its luster as a cradle of technological innovation. Powerful people, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and numerous Silicon Valley executives, have vowed to fight the proposal, while Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent of Vermont, has endorsed it.
The measure calls for placing a one-time 5 percent tax on the assets of California residents with at least $1.1 billion, and would dedicate most of the revenue to health care. The union leading the campaign, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, argues that the tax is necessary to make up for cuts to Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs by the Trump administration last year.
“Healthcare workers and our allies won’t quit until we fully protect our patients from the looming healthcare disaster,” Suzanne Jimenez, a leader of the union, said in a statement.”
The billionaires may leave, but good, fuck em! If they don’t want to contribute to the economy of California, then they don’t deserve its benefits.
And for those saying “But they take their wealth with them” Yeah they weren’t paying taxes to begin with 😂
The loss of 108,000 jobs?
Tax the Rich!
Cue the inevitable wave of opinion pieces crying about how california is going to completely collapse because a few guys hoarding dragon levels of wealth might actually have to contribute to society tbh.
If they want to leave to avoid taxes, that says more about them than the policy. Let them go.
A tax on billionaires is a nice start, but they also need to establish a state “exit tax” for the ultra wealthy. Don’t wanna pay a one-time 5% tax? Fine, then you can pay a 10% exit tax.