California voters reject proposed one-time tax on billionaires' wealth
California voters have rejected a proposed 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires, handing a victory to tech leaders who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into defeating the measure. The defeat of Proposition 40 also marks a setback for progressives seeking to tax the wealth of the ultra-rich.
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Illustrative image. California State Capitol Daytime July 2021 Image credit: Shanwei Jiang · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike) · Source
California voters have rejected a proposed 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires, handing a victory to tech leaders who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into defeating the measure. The defeat of Proposition 40 also marks a setback for progressives seeking to tax the wealth of the ultra-rich.