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California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax

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The Dispatch· Oct 16, 10:51 AMCalifornia’s Proposed Billionaire Tax

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This GOP lie has Gavin Newsom stabbing his own party in the backIn three weeks, California voters will have their ballots tallied on Proposition 40 (and 41 and 42, which would negate 40) that will impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets — the wealth — of the state’s 200+ billionaires. The money will be used to make up for the massive almost-trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in that state, that hits in…

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A Billionaire Tax Is on California's Ballot. Can It Make Up for Federal Healthcare Cuts?Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.

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Illinois Governor Paid $2.6 Million in Federal and State TaxesIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and his wife reported $9.4 million in adjusted gross income and paid $2.2 million in federal taxes for tax year 2025, according to tax records released by his campaign Friday.

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