Wealth Tax Articles

Wealth Tax News – 8/8/2026

California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax (Proposition 40) dominates this week’s news cycle, with the California Democratic Party narrowly endorsing it after intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by SEIU-UHW and a pivotal appearance by Rep. Maxine Waters, even as Gov....

Wealth Tax News – 7/31/2026

This week’s we’re watching the continued national and state-level fight over taxing concentrated wealth: California Democrats are internally divided over whether to endorse a billionaire wealth tax (Proposition 40), with intense lobbying, competing polls, and a...

Wealth Tax News – 7/25/2026

This week’s wealth tax coverage centers on California’s billionaire tax proposal (Prop 40), where Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) helped wealth tax backers make their case to congressional Democrats even as public safety groups joined the opposition and a Sergey Brin-backed...

Wealth Tax News – 7/17/2026

Momentum for taxing the ultra-wealthy is building at every level of government in the last two weeks – from a progressive "Five & Dime" push in Congress to California's high-stakes November ballot fight over a one-time 5% billionaire tax, alongside income-tax...