'Thinking He Can Fool Everyone,' Newsom Backs One Billionaires Tax But Not Another | Common Dreams
www.commondreams.org
​"The misdirect here is that Newsom is opposing a WEALTH tax on billionaires in his own state and insisting he supports a new national INCOME tax on billionaires. But billionaires make money off non-income sources."
  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    19 days ago

    Newsom is a great example of what’s wrong with the Democratic Party.

    He knows what wins, he knows the messaging. He knows how people want him to govern.

    And he says he’s all that.

    And then he sweeps up and arrests homeless people because they’re doing some sports thing and we can’t have that instead of doing anything that would actually be a solution.

    The dude is a hypocrite. He’s not gonna be the solution to our problems. At best he’ll just keep things from getting even worse while the GOP find some one to replace Trump.

  • tacoplease@lemmy.world
    01·
    18 days ago

    Hear me out, but there might be a point here.

    If this tax goes federal, then there’s no way to escape it, other than to leave the country and not use its resources.

    If the state-level tax passes, the billionaires will shop for a friendly state to avoid it.

    Probably gonna get roasted but my two cents.