It’s official: The proposed California Billionaire Tax Act, which last week was ++certified++ for November’s election, has a ballot designation—Proposition 40.

“The people of California now have the opportunity to decide what kind of future they want,” Service Employees International Union-United ++HealthcareWorkers++ West (SEIU-UHW) vice president Debru Carthan ++said++ on Thursday.

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[–] 31 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The advantage is this is the one that’s on the ballot. We do not have a tax increase to vote for, we do have this to vote for. And ‘they might fight it’ is a terrible reason to not try.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    They won’t “might fight it”. They absolutely will fight it.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Oh no! They’re going to fight it, everyone give up!

    Taking any money from billionaires is a worthy cause, because hoarding wealth only lets them convince people it means they can so whatever they want.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yes thanks for the knee jerk response. My questioning was about whether this is the best strategy to address the wealth hoarding. But sure, let’s do this feel good vote no matter how ineffective it will be…. This is no long term solution, and the “one time only” wording is super suspicious.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago*

    there have been zero comments about this bill saying that this was the ideal best strategy. why bring it up?

    e: I think the negative response is because it feels like you are advocating for less billionaire taxes, rather than good faith discussion about how to make sure they are taxed appropriately.

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