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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

The California tax proposal that has billionaires gaming for ‘economic 9/11’ in secret group chats

A proposed tax on California billionaires has dropped like a bomb on state politics, splitting the Democratic party and galvanizing the state’s Big Tech executives in opposition.

The initiative hasn’t formally qualified for the ballot yet, but backers have gotten more than 1.5 million signatures in support of it, nearly double the required 875,000.

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