California billionaire tax defeated in statewide vote

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California billionaire tax defeated in statewide vote

Nov 2, 6 AM ET to Nov 7, 8 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

31outlets carried it
🫏14 · 7 · 9🐘left · center · right
5.1 dayson the front pages
19front pages at once, at its peak
12 minof TV captions
46people retold it online

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Nov 2, 6 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Washington Sun
Nov 2, 10 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Nov 3, 5 AM ETretold online by 46 people
Nov 5, 2 PM ETpeak: on 19 front pages

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1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word

The Independent

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“Billionaire Tax”1
“billionaire tax”1

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✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (2 wordings): “California could become the first state to tax billionaires’ wealth” → “It’s too early to call the outcome of California’s proposal to tax billionaires”
CNBC (2 wordings): “California’s billionaire tax faces defeat, but Democrats plan taxes on wealthy” → “California’s billionaire tax faces defeat, but Democrats plan higher taxes on the wealthy”
Forbes (2 wordings): “California’s Wealth Tax Vote Too Close To Call—But Billionaires’ Historic Opposition Campaign Appears To Be Working” → “California Billionaire Tax Appears Headed For Failure”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Outcome of California billionaire tax measure remains undecided” → “Billionaire tax proposition in California fails”
Los Angeles Times (5 wordings): “Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams” → “Billionaire tax results show that Californians worry squeezing the ultra-rich would harm the economy”
New York Post (2 wordings): “Even if the billionaire tax fails, California faces looming tech revolt” → “Billionaire in exile blasts wealth tax as top economists warn California is already bleeding fortunes”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Prop 40 explained: California votes on taxing billionaires” → “Billionaire tax measure trails as California tallies votes”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Californians to Vote on Proposed Billionaire Tax” → “Californians Reject Wealth Tax on Billionaires”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “California's proposed billionaire tax appears headed for defeat” → “California's billionaire tax on track for defeat...”

📰 Every outlet's headline 31left to right by AllSides rating

Mother Jones🕒 Oct 30, 5 PM ET California Billionaires May Well Prevail in Their Quest to Block a State Wealth Tax
Rolling Stone🕒 Nov 4, 9 AM ET California Billionaire Tax Heading for Defeat, Sparing Team Owners 4 hours ago
ABC News🕒 Nov 3, 7 PM ET Billionaire tax: What to know about California's Prop 40
AP🕒 Nov 3, 5 AM ET California could become the first state to tax billionaires’ wealth
Business Insider🕒 Nov 4, 2 PM ET What we know so far on the results for California's Prop. 40 billionaire tax
CNBC🕒 Nov 5, 12 PM ET California’s billionaire tax faces defeat, but Democrats plan taxes on wealthy
Los Angeles Times🕒 Oct 31, 7 AM ET Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams
NPR🕒 Nov 2, 8 AM ET Two economists studied California's billionaire tax. They reached wildly different conclusions
New York Times🕒 Nov 1, 6 PM ET On the Ballot in California: The Prospects for a National Wealth Tax
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 3, 1 PM ET California voters consider proposition to tax billionaires' wealth
Semafor🕒 Nov 4, 1 PM ET California’s billionaire tax is a referendum on the tech industry
The Independent🕒 Nov 3, 7 AM ET Could California actually become the first state in America to tax billionaires' wealth?
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 2, 8 AM ET California’s mega-rich have outspent foes 250-1 to sink ‘billionaire tax’
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 4, 5 PM ET California's proposed billionaire tax appears headed for defeat
Forbes🕒 Nov 4, 10 AM ET California’s Wealth Tax Vote Too Close To Call—But Billionaires’ Historic Opposition Campaign Appears To Be Working
Fortune🕒 Nov 6, 6 PM ET Voters in Silicon Valley rejected the billionaire wealth tax while those in Los Angeles and San Francisco—home to the two top AI companies—wanted it
MarketWatch🕒 Nov 5, 11 AM ET Billionaires aren’t off the hook for higher taxes, even if they did dodge California’s wealth tax
Newsweek🕒 Nov 4, 9 PM ET California Prop 40 Results: Billionaire Wealth Tax Explained
Reuters🕒 Nov 1, 5 PM ET Prop 40 explained: California votes on taxing billionaires
Scripps News🕒 Nov 4, 3 PM ET Prop 40 billionaire wealth tax in California hangs in balance as votes counted
The Hill🕒 Nov 5, 2 PM ET Horrible billionaires tax defeated in liberal California
Fox Business🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET Billionaire tax puts California’s economic future before midterm voters
Just the News🕒 Nov 4, 10 AM ET Outcome of California billionaire tax measure remains undecided
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 1, 1 PM ET Californians to Vote on Proposed Billionaire Tax
Fox News🕒 Nov 4, 5 PM ET DSA-backed billionaire tax faces defeat in California as experts warn of economic fallout
New York Post🕒 Nov 1, 10 PM ET Even if the billionaire tax fails, California faces looming tech revolt
Newsmax🕒 Nov 4, 11 AM ET California Billionaire Tax Proposal Heads for Defeat
The American Spectator🕒 Nov 5, 11 PM ET Even Californians Rejected a Billionaire’s Tax
The Post Millennial🕒 Nov 4, 12 PM ET California voters reject billionaire tax—Washington voters uphold one for millionaires
Free Beacon🕒 Nov 4, 5 PM ET ‘Billionaire Tax’ Appears Defeated in California, But Soak-the-Rich Approach Gains Traction Elsewhere
The Washington Sun🕒 Nov 2, 6 AM ET California Is Testing the Appetite for a Wealth Tax

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🧩 Corporate welfare 🧶 online
“Billionaires are greedy, selfish people who should be taxed heavily to pay their fair share and fund the economy.”
🧩 No good billionaires 🧶 online
“Billionaires are greedy, selfish people who should be taxed heavily to pay their fair share and fund the economy.”
🧩 Oligarchy 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: The little guy's billions
“Billionaires beat California's wealth tax and duped voters into banning tax increases, helped by Democratic leaders afraid of donors and voters who dream of being rich.”
🧩 Owned politician 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Daddy Warbucks
“Billionaires beat California's wealth tax and duped voters into banning tax increases, helped by Democratic leaders afraid of donors and voters who dream of being rich.”
🧩 Poison pill 🧶 online
“Billionaires beat California's wealth tax and duped voters into banning tax increases, helped by Democratic leaders afraid of donors and voters who dream of being rich.”
🧩 Reparations 🧶 online
“Reparations for slavery should be funded by repossessing the wealth and compensation paid to slave owners and the monarchy.”
🧩 Rich should pay their fair share 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Tax-raiser, Job creators
“Billionaires are greedy, selfish people who should be taxed heavily to pay their fair share and fund the economy.”
🧩 Temporarily embarrassed millionaires 🧶 online
“Billionaires beat California's wealth tax and duped voters into banning tax increases, helped by Democratic leaders afraid of donors and voters who dream of being rich.”
🧩 They paid the slavers 🧶 online
“Reparations for slavery should be funded by repossessing the wealth and compensation paid to slave owners and the monarchy.”
🧩 Wealth hoarding 🧶 online
“Billionaires are greedy, selfish people who should be taxed heavily to pay their fair share and fund the economy.”

🧶 Retold online

Billionaires beat California's wealth tax and duped voters into banning tax increases, helped by Democratic leaders afraid of donors and voters who dream of being rich. Nov 5: told by 33 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 198 likes, 57 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 66 likes, 4 reposts
Billionaires are greedy, selfish people who should be taxed heavily to pay their fair share and fund the economy. Nov 3: told by 7 people; told before on Oct 31, Oct 21, Oct 18, Oct 5
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 24 likes, 5 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 5 likes, 0 reposts
Reparations for slavery should be funded by repossessing the wealth and compensation paid to slave owners and the monarchy. Nov 3: told by 6 people (same issue); told before on Nov 2
🧩 They paid the slavers

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