Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/newsom-billionaire-tax-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.Zc14.yX6b1NGyhOyT

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.

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AshMan85@lemmy.world · 99 pts · 225d (10 replies)

And this is why people shouldn't support Newsom, he is a moderate.

GhostPain@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 225d

He's a "moderate" Capitalist lackey asshole.

YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub · 42 pts · 225d

You don’t support him because he is a moderate.

I fucking hate him because he personally destroyed the possessions of the poorest of his constituents

nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 225d

he's a fuckin nazi who pays lip service and does pr stunts to seem moderate. see also: uk's starmer.

they're cryptofascists.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 223d (3 replies)

He's not a moderate, he's a standard establishment Democrat loser, the kind that got us here. He's the same as Schmuck & Jeffries.

AshMan85@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 223d (2 replies)

That would be a moderate.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 223d (1 reply)

That would be a DINO/ MAGA Lite.

RiotingPacifist@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 223d

Yeah I don't see the point of MAGA-lite it's been tried all over Europe and never works, people want full MAGA over diet MAGA.

The only countries kind of holding their shit together are those where a center-left party has been dragged left by being in coalition with a left wing party (Spain, Portugal, etc)

billwashere@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 223d

His owners pulled his strings

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d

You don't support politicians in America. This is a first past the post system. You just begrudgingly vote against the worst one and work like mad to get ranked choice.

BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 223d

There is nothing moderate about that rightist scum.

hesh@quokk.au · 70 pts · 225d (3 replies)

He says he's scared the billionaires will leave California. Just like they didn't leave NYC when Mamdani was elected.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 62 pts · 225d

What he is scared of is billionaires deciding to not fund his presidential campaign

BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 224d

And like they didn't leave Massachusetts after its millionaire tax was imposed.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 223d

Where are they going to go? They became billionaires in this economic system, and even if they have to pay more in taxes, they'll still be in the friendliest economic system on the planet.

If there were a better place, they'd already be there.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 225d (1 reply)

Don't down vote because Newsom is a POS, upvote it so people can see him being a POS

hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 224d

Ah, the eternal struggle...

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 225d

What a trash politician.

GhostPain@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d

Of course he is because puppets gonna dance.

ceenote@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 225d

If he successfully stops this but the fallout prevents him from being the 2028 president nominee, sorry California but it's worth it.

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 223d

of course he is.

No matter what he says, he is ultimately, at the end of the day, a puppet for the rich, and he will manipulate the laws as he sees fit for their benefit.

tino_408@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d (4 replies)

And this is the leading candidate for 2028 😳

krashmo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d

He's sure as shit not my leading candidate

Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 224d (1 reply)

Yea, no thanks. A lot can happen in the next couple of years though. Maybe it'll be weird Al vs Laura loomer. 🤷🏼

tino_408@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 224d

No thanks 🙂‍↔️lol

RiotingPacifist@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 224d

Honestly think this might help libs in the rest of the country realize how much of a peice of shit he is.

Maybe it's just my bubble but I think the abundbros are cooked in 28, even Warren is gunning for them.

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 223d

No surprises there. This is always who he was. Just because he mocked the right wing in their own style people seemed to think he was different than the larger neo-lib whole.

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 223d

Here's to everyone signing for this, and the folks out there getting the signatures!!

pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 224d

What a piece of shit

Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 225d (1 reply)

I have a feeling this is going to turn out like the rent control referendum, all the political and media establishment is lining up to save the property values of there rich overlords.

RiotingPacifist@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 224d

I don't get why homeowners want high property values, sure your home is worth more, but to access that wealth you got to be homeless.

Seems like a bad deal

Jax@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 223d

He's a differently colored snake, I guess I haven't said this enough to the Lemmings

Furbag@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 223d

This guy cannot leave office fast enough. Keep him away from any potential DNC primaries.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 223d

He's not as bad as MAGA, but that doesn't make him good.

circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 225d

You aren't going to get any real change out of a career politician. Ever.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d

Never change, Dems.

ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 223d

Dude is the worst.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 223d

Despite his Very Funny social medias posting, this man is a Shill for the Rich. Thank you for Attention to this matter.