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No. Next question?

No

Great! Let’s vote on it! 🎉 Woohooo! ☮️

no. glad you're able to repost your horse race post from earlier today about if we should keep letting the oligarchs oligarch quite so hard. Gotta get it up several times a day to keep the page views up. & yes, we should tax the motherfuckers & yes, your boss is a class traitor.

No they will not leave the state.

No.

Absolutely. They’re mentally ill.

No

I always thought Billionaires keep their money in NY or some tax haven, buy yachts & fancy cars wherever they are built, and pay for space tourism and Russian "companions" whenever they want. So kinda place independent. Some of their businesses are place dependent and really can't move.

I don't know man, if this is such a no good very bad thing why are the tech Bros fighting it so hard?

They already skirt paying their taxes. We won’t miss those that leave and the others paying their fair share will help our economy. Not many are going to leave in reality anyway.

Call their bluff… they can move but their companies are still there … tax those heavily

There's so much we can do with more of someone else's money.

Plus, billionaires structure their entire lives to avoid taxes. Their yachts are registered under flags of convenience and they move just in time to avoid paying state and local taxes. Same with their planes. And all their stuff is owned by shadowy corporations so they can write off expenses.

No. Next question.

No the state economy won’t suffer, but a few billionaires might move to red states to shirk taxes. They’d hate to give up 5% to ensure all their neighbors have healthcare. So Florida it is!

Yes. Simple.

No.

Does it matter if they leave or stay? They're mostly just a drain on society.

"...union leaders who support the measure insisting the state's very wealthiest residents should pay their fair share." They should. But not through a one-time tax that can easily become a two-times tax, then a three-times tax, and eventually a multiple-times tax. Redo tax code, close loopholes.

Wash that fash, NPR! It’s what you do best now.

It's already happening.

Yes. But it will take some time to know the full effect.

Will health care improve? Poor billionaires.

No

Just do it.

I highly doubt they will leave. Where are they gonna go Kansas? Yeah right.

No. They never actually leave, because where will they go to? They love the amenities California and other blue states have to offer. They love the mansions, the ocean access, the airports, the restaurants, the salons, the luxury stores. They also have family and business connections they would lose

My bet is, the people’s economy, and health, will improve and lift the economy, although fewer yachts, sports cars and mansions will be tough on the billionaire economy. Which is preferred should depend on what benefits the most people.

Not if we do a national one as well

California is doing the right thing. Make billionaires contribute back to the society that enabled them to get rich. And if they want to leave great, fuck them, the red can states have the Epstein Class hold them hostage if they want.

It's not like they pay taxes normally, so why would anyone care if they moved.

Piecemeal reform won't work. we need comprehensive reform

Tax the ever-loving hell out of them 🤙🤙🤙

Betteridge's Law in action

If we don’t make health care funding dependent on the billionaire tax, and use that revenue as bonus funding, then nobody will miss the billionaires moving away. We still get to tax them for the income they generate as a result of working here, however.

No.

How bout the headline: "If the voters pass it, how many lives will it save/improve/protect from lifelong debt?" Profitable business to shill for the billionaire/Epstein class, eh??

Where other states return money to taxpayers when they have a surplus, CA spends more

Lmao the poor billionaires. They could pay taxes instead of hundreds of millions fighting taxes

Definitely not.

Where would they go? A Red state…😝😜🤣‼️

That's the short version. It's missing some nuance from the full answer. So, here's the full answer: Fuck no.

Of the red states that received more Fed funds than paid in the total is $277B. CA alone paid $276B more in than they received back and is supporting all of those states. Then just add up how much more CA, NY, IL, NJ, WA, MA, & MN paid in less received back. $628B, more than half a trillion.

That's definitely the angle. Solid work.

No, they should be paying their fair share like everyone else. Hell they should pay more than we do.

Make it permanent, California.