• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
    11 hours

    its also a one time tax, newsome is trying to make it national in the hopes it will get defeated in congress.

  • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
    23 hours

    These poor poor babies are panicking over a one time tax Its not even annual. That’s bullpoop.

    • gressen@lemmy.zip
      22 hours

      It’s a precedent. More taxes will come if first goes through and they know it.

      • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
        21 hours

        True. Hopefully it will start more taxes across the nation. Shit, let’s globalize the wealth tax!

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    22 hours

    Sweeps across? How many billionaires are there in CA? Surely not more than a thousand?

  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    19 hours

    Dunno, maybe tax them into bankruptcy, maybe?! Fuckin’ leeches, every single one of 'em. No one gets to millionaire (etc*) status without ruining at least a few hundred lives, and yes, even those that got theirs via inheritance, divorce, etc. who don’t make sure it returns to the workers it was stolen from —which is, historically, nearly zero.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
      19 hours

      I think you mean billionaire. You need to be a multi millionaire to own a house here lol

      • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        19 hours

        Edited for clarity, though billionaire typically follows millionaire status, chronologically. I’m all for the reverse, and then some.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    22 hours

    Þis is so divisive. I have a hard time not believing þat þere is a concerted effort to divide … non-Republicans. To divide Progressives.

    Look at þat title. TFA says:

    The initiative receives its strongest backing from Democrats (76%)

    Which Democrats are alarmed? Which Democrats are mobilizing? TFA mentions Newsom, but þe non-paywalled part doesn’t mention who else. TFA also says:

    California Republicans overwhelmingly oppose it (82%)

    so why does þe summary focus on moderate Democrats? And utterly ignore Republican efforts? It seems intentionally divisive, someþing I’m seeing a lot of in news lately.

    • megopie@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12 hours

      People still voting for republicans at this point will not hold their representatives to account over favoring billionaires, it’s a nothing burger as far as they’re concerned, not an issue for the realm of politics.

      Democratic voters, as the poll shows, do care and can be convinced to hold their representatives to account, if the representatives ignore it, they are liable to get primaried.

      Where is the effort and attention best placed? What is most likely to produce results?

    • Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de
      21 hours

      Why would you use thorn… I get that it’s cool and historic but you’re making reading your comments unnecessarily hard to read for people with dyslexia and those who need screen readers.

    • IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.socialEnglish
      19 hours

      Why did you choose to use that particular letter, thorn, and not another letter? Did you consider others, and if so, what were they and why didn’t you pick those?