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Billionaire Tax Officially Heads to Nov. 3 Ballot

21 pointsby simonpuretoday at 3:53 PM12 commentsview on HN

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telesillatoday at 4:44 PM

Azim Premji donates every dollar he makes over 1 billion for the last 20 years.

Mckenzie Scott is working through donating her share. Same for Melinda Gates, Dustin Moskovitz & Cari Tuna.

Warren Buffet plans to donate the larger part to charity.

Let's keep building the good examples so the alternative (power consolidation across generations) is unthinkable for future generations.

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hsnewmantoday at 4:30 PM

In the USA "all men are created equal". Owning money should allow you more representation than not owning money. Companies/institutions should not be allowed to spend money on politics, and a flat tax would solve this.

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0xytoday at 4:33 PM

Even if it fails, California has taken a multi billion dollar tax hit from all of the wealth flight as a result of this. Not to mention that those people may take jobs with them, straight to Florida or Texas or other friendlier states.

These taxes are an abject disaster everywhere they're tried. France tried it and it was extremely bad for them.

The cash raised from the tax is dwarfed by the wealth flight, every time.

Napkin math for just the people who have left already over 5 years show $50 billion in lost tax revenue. Probably far more in indirect losses (jobs, consumption, etc).

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Bostoniantoday at 4:00 PM

A "one-time" tax to fund recurring health care and educational expenses is an obvious lie.

xhkkffbftoday at 4:37 PM

All of the wealth has been taxed before, often multiple times. Adding another layer sure seems like overkill.