Economic Fairness & Tax Policy

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (780+ words) Home – California Politics & News – California Risks Killing the Golden Goose With Proposition 40 This November, California voters will choose whether to implement Proposition 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires to fund a failing health care system. It’s part of a disturbing trend…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (788+ words) Voters should approve Proposition 40, the one-time tax on billionaire wealth. Though it was not unanimous, a majority of our editorial board endorses Prop. 40 because we believe its passage could create funding to offset a historic elimination of federal support for…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (786+ words) The Labour clamour for wealth taxes at the Budget was mounting today – despite warnings that they could backfire. Millionaire eco-tycoon and party donor Dale Vince has proposed increasing capital gains tax (CGT). Mr Vince said that combined with ending interest…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (596+ words) by Randy Shaw on September 21, 2026 Progressives overwhelmingly support hiking taxes on billionaires. But the California Teachers Association and United Domestic Workers oppose Prop 40, California’s Billionaire Tax. Even SEIU California is neutral. Some of its leaders were personally threatened by Dave…...

10+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1067+ words) SACRAMENTO — Three state bond measures are on California’s November ballot. You probably haven’t paid much attention to them. So here’s my read on these big-ticket proposals. One is a no-brainer “yes.” It would help middle-class Californians buy a new home…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago   (779+ words) The Proposition 40 billionaire wealth tax is shaping up to be the most expensive and contentious ballot fight this year. The nationally-watched debate over taxing the ultra-wealthy is likely to draw hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from billionaires and…...

11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (477+ words) California voters will see a slew of tax measures on their ballots this November. Two propositions target wealthy Californians, but they have very different goals, targets and sponsors. In broad strokes, Proposition 3 would cement an existing tax on high-earners to…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (184+ words) وكالة سبأ US Senator Bernie Sanders stated on Sunday evening that six Nobel Prize-winning economists support imposing a tax on billionaires in California, highlighting the massive surge in the wealth of the state's wealthiest residents over the past decade. In…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (152+ words) Lectured by Curators at My Alma Mater Nobody Knows the Future The Energy Sector Is Threatened by a Climate Litigation Free-for-All Where Is Congress on the Kennedy Center Fight? What Are Schools of Education Teaching Teachers? The Golden State is…...

1+ day, 11+ 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…...