California wealth tax fight heats up as billionaire-backed group pours $5 million into campaign
The opposition has spent more than $5 million and is using ads to argue the measure would hurt California’s economy and budget.
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The Wealth Tax Revival Is Repeating A Failed Experiment
By Lipton Matthews, Mises Wire | August 25, 2026 Support for taxing wealth rather than income has surged in American political discourse. Progressivelawmakers have floated federal wealth tax proposals for years, and the idea has now migrated to the state level in dramatic fashion. In California, the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act would impose a one-time five percent levy on the worldwide net worth of anyone with a fortune exceeding one billion dollars…
Anti-billionaire tax ad falsely claims every Californian will have to “report all their assets”
In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires. The initiative, should it pass, is expected to generate tens of billions of dollars for health care and education programs.Opponents of the measure have a big problem: taxing billionaires is quite popular.A new ad being run extensively on Meta platforms navigates around this issue by claiming it is not a “billionaire tax” bu…
California wealth tax fight heats up as billionaire-backed group pours $5 million into campaign
Building a Better California, an advocacy group backed by some of Silicon Valley's wealthiest figures, has poured $5 million into the campaign opposing Proposition 40, intensifying a fight over how the state should fund healthcare and other essential services, according to the Los Angeles Times. Here's what to know On Nov. 3, California voters will decide whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of state billionaires to support food ass…
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