Midway through this summer, a high-quality poll found that Democrats in California were overwhelmingly in favor of the upcoming ballot measure for a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth.

The ratio was more than 4 to 1. But the state’s most powerful Democrats – including the governor Gavin Newsom, his near-certain successor Xavier Becerra and the Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass – have lined up with Silicon Valley billionaires who’ve raised upward of $340m to defeat the initiative.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Remember this when Newsome runs for president.

    You’re going to get called a Russian Wumao Republican-plant Tankie if you say anything about this in two years

    • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      People are already doing that. You can’t criticize Newsome without some fuckwit chiming in with “BuT tRuMp WoRsE”. The candidates aren’t anywhere close to decided yet and people are already acting like anyone who doesn’t tongue Newsomes ass is a russian bot.