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Wealth Tax

Advocacy for a wealth tax or minimum tax on unrealized gains, based on ProPublica's true tax rate calculation.

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Jan 14, 2026
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did California attempt to pass an exit tax

California lawmakers have repeatedly proposed bills that include an “exit tax” or post-departure wealth assessments—most prominently bills labelled AB 2088 and AB 259 —but no statewide exit tax has be...

Jan 31, 2026
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What methodologies did ProPublica use to calculate the "true tax rate" for billionaires?

defined a billionaire’s “” as the ratio of federal income taxes paid to the change in their estimated net worth over a given period, using leaked tax records and wealth estimates to compute that figur...

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