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Ritewut • today at 2:48 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

They did not. They rejected the billionaire tax in California. A bunch of temporarily embarrassed billionaires in California protected the rich


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whynotrand • today at 2:57 PM

The narrative consistently in all the advertisement was that there was some sort of “loophole, which would allow politicians to lower the income threshold at any point without needing a vote”. I probably heard that statement over a thousand times in the past couple months.

That and even Gavin himself got on the pulpit to preach how it was poorly drafted and shouldn’t be passed. I legitimately don’t think I saw a single person or advertisement for it, you’re the first.

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tock • today at 2:51 PM

Apparently the problem with a country having an annual budget over 7T is more taxes. I'm sure that will fix everything .

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orangecat • today at 3:58 PM

Shockingly, some of us have principles other than "government should seize the assets of people I don't like".