Billionaires vs. Unions: California’s 2026 Tax War Is On

Poison-pill effort to cancel proposed billionaire tax hits voters' mailboxes

California voters are being urged to put a poison-pill effort on the November ballot that would nullify a controversial proposed tax on the state's billionaires.

Billionaires to feel the heat? Unions, Sanders, Khanna push 5% surtax

SACRAMENTO—California’s multitude of billionaires, many of them clustered in and around Silicon Valley, may feel heat from outraged voters this fall. That’s because three major unions in California—the Teamsters, the Service Employees, and the United Health Care Workers West, an AFSCME affiliate—are all now pushing to put a 5% billionaires tax on the November ballot.  And on March 2, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., i…

The Battle to Enact a Billionaire’s Tax In California

The fury of ordinary people over the plutocratic enablers of Trumpism is driving the issue forward—but it’s still a rocky road ahead.

Billionaires vs. Unions: California’s 2026 tax war is on

A proposed 5% wealth tax on California billionaires has unleashed a wave of anti-tax groups fueled by tech elites.

Can billionaire tax cure California’s health-care woes? * WorldNetDaily * by Ana Kasparian, Real Clear Wire

Source link California’s $200 billion-a-year Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation. Behind the staggering price tag lies a program repeatedly flagged for waste, mismanagement, and fraud, raising fresh doubts as state leaders propose taxing billionaires to keep it afloat. For years, audits and federal investigations

Can billionaire tax cure California's health-care woes? * WorldNetDaily * by Ana Kasparian, Real Clear Wire

Medi-Cal repeatedly flagged for waste, mismanagement and fraud