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Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax
(www.businessinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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He works for billionaires. This is just a virtue signal to make it look like he could be taxing AI when really it's a regressive tax that would hurt poor people the most and further save his voter base: billionaires.
So he will never push a genuine wealth tax, but he will push red herrings.