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A comment on California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state. Parent comment

Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by runarberg on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:44PM (#25479923)
> The state of Texas as a whole is not going to do that.

What makes you so sure of that? Texas has a huge middle and working class. If asked I bet majority of Texans wouldn’t mind taxing their upper class. I think it is only a matter of time before politician is able to win over this vote share by targeting the state’s richest for taxation.

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Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by asdff on Saturday December 19, 2020 @04:08PM (#25481216)
It doesn't matter the changing makeup of the state when the republicans have gerrymandered it to be unwinnable. Sure, it might go blue a few presidential elections, but for policies that actually come from the statehouse it will be blood red for the foreseeable future.
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