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Can California Actually Make Billionaires Pay?

July 16, 2026·47 min·6-min readconversationalpolitics
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Proposition 40, a California ballot measure championed by SEIU United Healthcare Workers West president Dave Regan, proposes a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires residing in the state as of January 1, 2026, aiming to raise $100 billion to counteract devastating healthcare cu

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Dave Regan

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Dave ReganTyler FoggattDonald TrumpGavin NewsomSergey BrinEric SchmidtBernie SandersRo KhannaRobert Reich

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The Gilded Age

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SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

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