▲ 128 ▼ Gavin Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 month ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/politics@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) Billionaires and millionaires generally like being around infrastructure and companies. Something that only left leaning states tend to excel at. They have not been shown to leave in any great enough amount to actually matter. Unless you have something other than just 6 billionaires leaving CA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I don't know the tax laws, but how many can set up their "primary" address in some other state (like Wyoming, which has the county with the wealthiest income in the country) and dodge all/most of California's taxes? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Nothing has happened yet and 6 billionaires have already left California as a result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago 6 is nothing in a state like CA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I don't know the tax laws, but how many can set up their "primary" address in some other state (like Wyoming, which has the county with the wealthiest income in the country) and dodge all/most of California's taxes? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Nothing has happened yet and 6 billionaires have already left California as a result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago 6 is nothing in a state like CA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago 6 is nothing in a state like CA. permalink fedilink source parent