"This Is SOVIET UNION Socialism" - California's Wealth Tax OFFICIALLY Hits The Ballot
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
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California’s new “billionaire tax” ballot measure slaps a one‑time 5% levy on residents worth $1B+, prompting Sergey Brin and other moguls to head for the exits as economists warn it will kill jobs, lose future tax revenue, and turn billionaires into political villains
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| 0:00.0 | California's billionaire tax could kill a hundred thousand California jobs and revenue. |
| 0:07.4 | And apparently they got enough signatures to be on the November ballot. |
| 0:11.9 | Is this at Rob? |
| 0:12.7 | Yes. |
| 0:12.9 | That they're celebrating it. |
| 0:13.7 | Go forward. |
| 0:15.0 | The push for a new tax on California billionaires has reached a major milestone. |
| 0:20.4 | This morning, a coalition of health |
| 0:22.0 | care workers announced that they've collected enough signatures to put the initiative on the |
| 0:26.8 | November ballot. The proposal, known as the billionaire's tax, is a one-time 5% tax on Californians |
| 0:33.8 | with a net worth of a billion dollars or more. The measure is backed by the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West. |
| 0:41.2 | Renee Saldania is a spokesperson for the union. |
| 0:44.1 | She says the money would go to help keep hospitals open and protect access. |
| 0:49.3 | People were excited to sign this. |
| 0:51.3 | People understood the stakes that our health care system is going to be stripped of $100 billion just in California. And they want to keep their hospital open. They want to keep their ER open. They want to make sure that they can still get health care when they need it. |
| 1:05.0 | You can pause right there. |
| 1:06.0 | Keep it going. Keep it going. Even if it makes it on the ballot. |
| 1:09.0 | expected to face some major fight. Governor Gavin Newsome has already come out against the billionaires' tax, |
| 1:14.5 | arguing that it could hurt the state's economy and budget if it drives California's wealthiest |
| 1:19.4 | to relocate. |
| 1:21.3 | Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, has already... |
| 1:24.3 | So they needed 875 signatures. |
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