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CoopersDad

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65. You just nailed it.

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:46 PM

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We all underestimated Mamdan's strength and I hope we'll insist on more progressive forward-looking representation because meeting the other side half way has only ever failed.

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Gavin Newsom warned that billionaires will 'permanently relocate' if California wealth tax passes [View all] CoopersDad 13 hrs ago OP

Don't let the door slap you on the ass on your way out, parasites. Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #1

You beat me to it SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #27

I guess that will open housing for people who pay taxes. NT Gore1FL 13 hrs ago #2

Newsom's response should be: CousinIT 13 hrs ago #3

Newsom dweller 13 hrs ago #8

Ugh karin_sj 12 hrs ago #23

Ugh. CousinIT 12 hrs ago #26

Better get the nose clips ready. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #30

Most of those people Boo1 6 hrs ago #50

They would have to move in the next day to avoid the retroactive tax? newdeal2 13 hrs ago #4

The BILLIONAIRE Class have become the WHINER class. ProudMNDemocrat 13 hrs ago #5

It is called greed Stargazer99 13 hrs ago #6

I think they should whine louder and more publicly EYESORE 9001 12 hrs ago #20

They always have been Johonny 12 hrs ago #22

Make it a National Law, save SS Law. multigraincracker 13 hrs ago #7

Yes! SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #28

"So, what's the bad news?" nt Buns_of_Fire 13 hrs ago #9

Good Riddance! NT Daigan 13 hrs ago #10

I honestly think a majority would gladly have the Kardashians (and of course, Musk) depart California... hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #11

Contribute to the common good or goodbye. C_U_L8R 13 hrs ago #12

Money hoarders UpInArms 12 hrs ago #13

"Sometimes the coppice needs to be cleared lest it becomes a hedgerow." Hugin 12 hrs ago #14

Hey MAGA, it's not the immigrants who are ruining America! It's the billionaires! Initech 12 hrs ago #15

Bye.. .... Lovie777 12 hrs ago #16

The state of California's economists have projected that this tax would result in a net loss of revenue Jose Garcia 12 hrs ago #17

Link? nt drmeow 11 hrs ago #32

New York Times: Jose Garcia 11 hrs ago #34

I keep hearing that they don't pay any taxes anyway MichMan 10 hrs ago #43

These entitled assholes... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #58

Feels like a poison pill measure designed to get GOP Johonny 12 hrs ago #18

It could probably get renewed every 5 years MichMan 11 hrs ago #38

They are his peeps though Blue Full Moon 12 hrs ago #19

Good riddance, assholes! karin_sj 12 hrs ago #21

California will be better without them. spanone 12 hrs ago #24

Are you sure about that? pcdb 9 hrs ago #48

They don't pay DiverDave 4 hrs ago #61

They won't leave. intheflow 12 hrs ago #25

As long as they take Zuckerberg with them Retrograde 11 hrs ago #29

Wealth Taxes should be at the Federal level not State level walkingman 11 hrs ago #31

Spiro is a F'ing con man. haele 11 hrs ago #33

Spiro is a scumbag Hassin Bin Sober 10 hrs ago #46

Silly billionaires. hunter 11 hrs ago #35

California will be better off when these leeches leave. bluestarone 11 hrs ago #36

Not a good idea jonstl08 11 hrs ago #37

Of course they will? OC375 11 hrs ago #39

50 million dollars one time kwolf68 10 hrs ago #40

So California will lose the tax money of people who don't pay taxes? LostOne4Ever 10 hrs ago #41

Massachusetts was warned that the wealthy would flee if a wealth tax was instituted. TheRickles 10 hrs ago #42

How will the government determine how much they owe? MichMan 10 hrs ago #44

The low cost of living has never been a reason to live in California. Buddyzbuddy 10 hrs ago #45

I hope they don't come to my state. BoomaofBandM 10 hrs ago #47

Can they please move out of the US altogether? Luciferous 6 hrs ago #49

Well, that's a good thing, isn't it? Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #51

Where they gonna move? Alabammie, for the lifestyle, right? bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #52

Lol like how all the billionaires said theyll leave MA after their progreesive tax was passed? SSJVegeta 6 hrs ago #53

Why are they in CA to begin with? Because they like it there. Maybe it's the weather. Intractable 5 hrs ago #54

Billionaires will not ignore an entire economy as large as California. unblock 5 hrs ago #55

Doesn't mean they have to live there to have investments MichMan 2 hrs ago #66

Who cares if they leave? Their money is their only leverage. unblock 59 min ago #69

There Goes John Galt lame54 5 hrs ago #56

NYC Billionaires said the same thing if Zoltan Mamdani were to be elected Mayor. no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #57

You just nailed it. CoopersDad 2 hrs ago #65

Is that a threat or a promise...? regnaD kciN 4 hrs ago #59

What a terrible headline -- someone trying to take down Newsom? W_HAMILTON 4 hrs ago #60

I'll still vote YES... just for s&g WarGamer 3 hrs ago #62

Tax evasion is illegal. Patton French 3 hrs ago #63

This is just Billionaires leveraging their enormous privilege thought crime 2 hrs ago #64

if every state did this, then where would they move? Takket 1 hr ago #67

"Right after I got here, i ordered some spaghetti with marinara and got egg noodles with ketchup" maxrandb 1 hr ago #68