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re: California looking to tax Billionaires 1 time 5%

Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to
Posted by BeepBopBoop
Northshore
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to
Tell Phil Mickelson that.
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
12544 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:37 pm to
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You can bet a lot more wealthy people are going to leave commiefornia at this news.


They have even thought about that and are trying to make it retroactive to 1/1/26. If it were to pass and be enforced (big if), billionaires essentially have 60 days to relocate out of the state.

The lawsuits will be wild and my guess is this would make it to SCOTUS which would shoot it down.
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
65165 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:04 pm to
Socialism/Communism works till you run out of other people’s money
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170769 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:08 pm to
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top federal bracket MFJ 37% on every dollar over 731k top california bracket 12.3% on every dollar over 900k added together that's 49.3%.

you're just genuinely stupid aren't you, you haven't had much of career, you don't how any thing works. good ol fashion country stupid.

You think most billionaires have regular W-2 wages to get that wealthy?
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170769 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:09 pm to
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Tell Phil Mickelson that.

I would but he isn't a billionaire
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41514 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:12 pm to
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How do you tax based on net worth? These huge billionaires don’t have all that money liquid.


Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
19213 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:12 pm to
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If this passes you can bet it won't just be 1 time

Or just 5%. The next time it will be 10%. Then 15%. They'll keep going until they bleed them dry or they leave.
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
1978 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:26 pm to
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You think most billionaires have regular W-2 wages to get that wealthy?


a potion of any CEO's compensation is W2 wages, i also know that billionaires have taxable income and i still know that you don't know schit.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170769 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:33 pm to
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a potion of any CEO's compensation is W2 wages

A very small fraction of their compensation
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
20800 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:34 pm to
This is the political equivalent to "just the tip."
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1778 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:27 pm to
What is it with democrats that they think rich people are just sitting around on big piles of cash?

The wealthy leverage their money, only keep enough cash on hand to cover immediate expenses.

Divestment is the only response to a tax like this. Or they take it out of their charitable contributions for the year.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 4:28 pm
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
135735 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:43 pm to
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If this passes you can bet it won't just be 1 time

I'll take that bet.

If Zuckerberg gets a state tax bill for $9.25B .... there won't be a second time.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112753 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:49 pm to
Ahhh... the old wealth tax.

Makes Liz Warren moist.
Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
11280 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 5:24 pm to
How many billionaires does he tink live in CA? At 50 million a pop you need 600 to cover 30 billion...

Obviously some are worth more than 1 billion but I just don't see how they cover that amount with a 5% tax.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 5:25 pm
Posted by TigerDoug
Lees Summit
Member since Mar 2017
779 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 5:26 pm to
well there is the AMT tax of 28% vs federal top rate of 37%. Also don't forget the net investment tax of 3.8%.
Posted by ZIGG
Member since Dec 2016
11891 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 5:28 pm to
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So if the billionaire’s worth is tied up in non-liquid assets like business property and infrastructure, will this law require them to sell off assets/lay off labor to pay the tax bill?


Liberals don’t understand this.

Whenever they read that so and so has a net worth of $5 billion, they truly think that person has $5 billion dollars in cash just sitting in accounts.
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
62167 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 5:49 pm to
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This is a stupid idea, but these guys aren't paying over 50% a year

What sort of idiocy are you dreaming of?


13% is the top tax bracket in CA.

They are certainly around 50%
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