Economic Fairness & Tax Policy

13+ hour, 25+ min ago   (552+ words) Proposition 40, which would impose a 5% tax on the wealth of California’s billionaires, is arguably the most important measure placed before voters in this century. It is also probably the most confounding. While it’s sponsored by a healthcare union, it’s opposed…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (686+ words) [reprinted by permission from The Press Democrat] This Labor Day (weekend), it’s essential to highlight that reducing inequality is the main purpose of labor unions through collective bargaining for living wages, comprehensive benefits, and improved workplace health and safety conditions....

18+ hour, 55+ min ago   (159+ words) Changing California’s Budget Stabilization Account, also known as the “rainy day fund,” is not the sexiest issue on the ballot in November. But the proposals in Proposition 2 could have major consequences for the state’s fiscal future, including how deep legislators…...

14+ hour, 44+ min ago   (152+ words) California's billionaire tax is losing momentum after opponents spent nearly $100 million on educational campaigns. Former investment banker Carol Roth joins Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg to explain why Governor Gavin Newsom and Katie Porter are distancing themselves from the wealth…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago   (39+ words) Diya TV America's Largest Asian American, South Asian & Indian American TV Network, Broadcasting to more than 85 Million People Jensen Huang says California taxes are a privilege You might also like...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (119+ words) Stephen Miller@StephenMil48·14hGavin Newsom supposedly LOST $24 BILLION dollars that was supposed to go to the California homeless situation.Poof.Gone.But after some digging it's being reported that the money was funneled to an NGO.That NGO bought a mansion in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1202+ words) Jim BrunnerThe Seattle Times (TNS) Washington’s public-sector unions are throwing down millions of dollars to keep the state’s new high-earners income tax in place and fight an initiative seeking to repeal it. The Washington Education Association plopped $2 million last week…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (394+ words) As ERR News reports, one of the most radical provisions envisages increasing the wealth of the poorest half of humanity 15-fold. At the same time, the share of wealth owned by the billionaire class would have to decline sharply. According…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (531+ words) Proposition 40, which would impose a 5% tax on the wealth of California’s billionaires, is arguably the most important measure placed before voters in this century. It is also probably the most confounding. While it’s sponsored by a healthcare union, it’s opposed…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (891+ words) Prop 3 would make the permanent the temporary higher tax rates that voters previously approved to shore up California’s general fund — the state’s main pot of money for schools, health care and other programs. California’s one-time billionaire tax is getting all…...