Economic Fairness & Tax Policy

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1182+ words) California voters will soon be asked whether they want to keep taxing the incomes of the rich. And they’ll be asked whether to start taxing the accumulated wealth of the even richer. Wait, there’s more. They’ll also get to weigh…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago   (271+ words) It is our hope that together we can continually keep our elected officials aware that their decisions are just NOT mathematical exercises in budgeting, they are directly impacting our lives and those of our neighbors. California politicians have been on…...

14+ hour, 17+ min ago   (849+ words) Taxes are on the ballot this November—not just in the sense that candidates at all levels are offering their visions for tax policy, but also in the literal sense that voters in some states will get to decide important…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (740+ words) Has there ever been an easier message to sell? Especially to the vast, vast, vast majority of us who know we’ll never be “the rich”? Let me put it another way. If I offered you a billion dollars right now…...

18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (453+ words) CALIFORNIA DECIDES | Proposition Lab Proposition 40 imposes a one-time tax of 5 percent on the total net worth of any California resident worth $1 billion or more. The rate applies to the whole fortune, not just the amount above the threshold. A narrow…...

18+ hour, 38+ min ago   (800+ words) A single 5% levy on the wealth of California's billionaires goes before voters in 28 days, after Sen. Bernie Sanders and rapper Common used a Los Angeles rally on Monday night to sell it as a lifeline for health coverage for low-income…...

20+ hour, 38+ min ago   (540+ words) An initiative on November’s ballot aims to overturn the 9.9% tax on earnings above $1m – who’s winning the fight? Voters in Washington state will soon decide the fate of the state’s so-called “millionaire tax” – a 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1m that was…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (565+ words) SACRAMENTO, CA — California leaders are divided on whether the state's billionaires are paying their fair share. Enter the November 3, 2026, General Election, where a bevy of tax proposals will let state voters decide. Proposition 40 is the highly discussed billionaire tax, while…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (568+ words) SACRAMENTO, CA — California leaders are divided on whether the state's billionaires are paying their fair share. Enter the November 3, 2026, General Election, where a bevy of tax proposals will let state voters decide. Proposition 40 is the highly discussed billionaire tax, while…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (311+ words) If California did not have such egregious fraud and waste, it wouldn’t need to have incredibly high taxes. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton has a plan to cut healthcare fraud and make Californians’ first $150,000 tax-free. Hilton's Operation Zero Waste has…...