Wealth tax as a threat to California prosperity
The guest argued that a proposed wealth tax in California would have very negative consequences, accelerating the out-migration of wealthy residents.
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OPEN · 20 MENTIONS · 5 EPISODES · 4 SHOWS
10 AUG 2026 — 26 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
4 SUPPORT · 2 REPEAT · 14 MENTIONED
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 3 MENTIONS
- ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- PROF G MARKETS · 12 MENTIONS
- Prop 40 as a first-ever billionaire wealth tax
- Billionaire wealth triples Gilded Age concentration
- Wealth tax as a functional revenue tool
- Tax cuts as primary engine of wealth concentration
- Extreme wealth concentration harms market function
- Wealth tax as a catalyst for broader reform
- Inequality corrodes the social contract
- Extreme wealth concentration as a threat to democracy
- Billionaires' effective tax rate lower than average
- Income tax is an 'unfinished revolution'
- Wealth tax needed for ultra-wealthy
- California's one-time billionaire tax design
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
- Wealth tax as a threat to California prosperity · THIS IDEA
- Fix income tax, don't add a wealth tax
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