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Meet the California multimillionaires demanding the billionaire tax become law

California multimillionaires signed an open letter demanding voters pass the billionaire tax in the increasingly cantankerous and expensive fight over a proposed state wealth tax.

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New York Post· Oct 20, 10:41 PMMeet the California multimillionaires demanding the billionaire tax become law

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