▲ 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
[–] Epp@lemmus.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) If they're not paying taxes, why would anyone want them to stay? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago* (2 children) Because that money was extracted, in large part, from the California working class. Billionaires shouldn't be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from. To say there's no precedent is ridiculous. We're talking pennies when compared to their net worth, of course not all of them are going to instantaneously evaporate. If we see this tax and more coming from California and California alone then yes they will just leave. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Epp@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago I think you're responding to the wrong person. I agree with everything you said, and it doesn't align with what I posted at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mild_deviation@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) Billionaires shouldn't be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from. So... A tax, then. Perhaps a wealth tax. Guys, I think we’re onto something! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago At a federal level, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago* (2 children) Because that money was extracted, in large part, from the California working class. Billionaires shouldn't be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from. To say there's no precedent is ridiculous. We're talking pennies when compared to their net worth, of course not all of them are going to instantaneously evaporate. If we see this tax and more coming from California and California alone then yes they will just leave. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Epp@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago I think you're responding to the wrong person. I agree with everything you said, and it doesn't align with what I posted at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mild_deviation@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) Billionaires shouldn't be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from. So... A tax, then. Perhaps a wealth tax. Guys, I think we’re onto something! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago At a federal level, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Epp@lemmus.org 1 point 1 month ago I think you're responding to the wrong person. I agree with everything you said, and it doesn't align with what I posted at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mild_deviation@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) Billionaires shouldn't be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from. So... A tax, then. Perhaps a wealth tax. Guys, I think we’re onto something! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago At a federal level, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago At a federal level, yes. permalink fedilink source parent