I heard kill the billionaires … and ban future tax evasion. anyone else hear that?
Newsom is a fine example of the kind of democrat that needs to go.
id say hes further right than biden, he makes him look tame in comparison. newsom was willing to entertain right wingers like nick fuentes.
Absolute scumbag
Shocking, the guy who was caught at a 2020 dinner party at French Laundry during the pandemic when he had asked Californians to avoid group gatherings for the Thanksgiving holiday.
That’s not great, but if that’s the worst he ever did I can live with that.
It’s not. My personal favorite is his homeless encampment sweeps.
Well yeah. That’s the point I failed to make.
The one good thing here is he’s made it clear who’s his boss (and it isn’t the people)
Eskimo Bro to a Trump
Feel like an outlier here, but creating a billionaire tax at the state level seems ridiculous, and would actually harm the state. It is so easy to move the money outside the jurisdiction of that state to another when you are that wealthy, so the only effective way to implement would be at the federal level. Can someone help me understand why a state level billionaire tax makes sense?
billionaires arnt going to live in redstate hellholes like missouris/misssipi, unless its an wealthy community, but they wont do businesses there.
You’re not an outlier, but it’s where the current political climate sits. State governments have to do something because the federal government, headed by a facist, has withheld funds from states it deems enemies.
The difference between trying to get rid of a leech on the government and just sitting there and taking it is pretty clear to me. If they leave… so be it, billionaires don’t create jobs, the companies full of employees do. At the point they become billionaires, they are likely trying their hardest to reduce jobs as well.
But also California is a very nice place to live and people want to live here. It’s not like you can just say “I don’t reside in California” and not pay the tax either. The FTB has the 5th largest economy in the world behind it, it will determine if you have residency in CA or not regardless if you say you don’t. And it’s in their best interest to put the time and effort into proving it for the billionaires that want to try.
It has been shown multiple times that a few will flee, but many just stay. Depends on how good life is for them in that area, and a highly developed state with a massive GDP will have no problem to stay attractive.
But i agree, making it harder to avoid on a federal level would be better.
Didn’t New York already do it and it proved that billionaires will stay put and not move to a hick backwater just to save a few bucks they wouldnt even notice losing?
What they did is very different. They taxed residential properties not used as primary residences valued over 5 million. The CA tax is a one time 5% tax on the worldwide net worth of billionaires.
Or, and hear me out, the states that they move to could follow suit and completely negate the ridiculous argument to begin with.
If it’s so easy to move, why are they fighting it?
Somebody has to do it, and waiting for the death of the filibuster to have anything get done is a terrible idea
Taxes need to be raised for the wealthy at the Federal level. Prop 40 is a one time, performative scheme that will spend years in court being struck down. But if it gets you guys to vote, fine.
He married Kim guilfoil, really says all you need to know about him
and making this statement around the time her former GF/WIFE is under investigation for accepting bribes. hes there to distract from kims investigation.
The more I hear about that woman the more I think she is/was an escort.
If that headline was only the first 8 words, he would have my vote
Gavin realizing he will never be president, so he is trying to secure his future as a Silicon Valley lobbyist.
This dude will let you down every time, trust me.
As long as there are different socio-economic classes, it will always be class warfare. Everything will be done to veer the fight away from class warfare. Legitimate causes like feminism and equal rights will be used as distractions to veer away from class warfare. It will always be the mega rich vs everyone else.
Had me in the first half
I already had no respect for him, but, somehow, I have even less now. You fucking turd.
This guy is auditioning for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
dont think he needs it, the DNC likely determined already. hes just giving himself more exposure so that people vote on him based on recognizability alone. thats also how trump won too, being in MEDIA alot helped him.
I’ve never heard of the MEDIA alot, but that species has alot of members.
It’s amazing how brainwashed people are by TV. Trump was a blowhard business failure, but the TV show made him seem like some kind of decisive business genius, so people voted for that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Zelenski was elected to lead Ukraine because he’d played the role on TV previously. A lot of it is unconscious, so people aren’t going to admit that that’s the reason why, but it has to be a factor.
I’m sure it’s related to parasocial relationships and to stalkers. People think they know someone personally because they see them on TV or in movies, or hear them on the radio, or whatever.
