Billionaire Tax Meant to Fund Healthcare Divides California Democrats and Labor Allies

California voters will decide in November whether to approve Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on roughly 200 billionaires, a measure backers say is needed to offset Trump-era cuts to the state’s healthcare system. But instead of uniting progressive forces around a classic “tax the rich” message, the proposal has split Democratic allies, labor unions, […]

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