From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/19/2026 7:40 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:35:08 +0000, Julian    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> a union thug and his cabal of communist academics have awoken a sleeping   
   >> giant: behold, your first look at the billionaire counterattack in the   
   >> war for California’s future   
   >   
   > There you have it.   
    >   
   Key words: Economic Impact   
    >   
    > What happened to the labor movement?   
    >   
   Not sure you've thought this through.   
    >   
    > They are now thugs and a cabal of communist academics.>   
   Critics, argue it could negatively impact working people and that the   
   top 1% already pay nearly half of the state's income taxes.   
    >   
      
   >>   
   >> A few weeks back, I asked 21 California billionaires targeted by the   
   >> Service Employees International Union’s proposed wealth tax if they   
   >> planned to fight the ballot proposition, move, or some mysterious third   
   >> thing. Sentiment was darker than I anticipated. Almost everyone I spoke   
   >> with, including the California maximalists, was planning an exit. While   
   >> the architects of the ballot prop insisted “wealth flight” would never   
   >> happen — there was research, we were told; trust the experts!, the   
   >> commies cried — it was clear by the end of January they were not only   
   >> wrong about this, but about pretty much everything. To date, at least   
   >> half the wealth targeted by the SEIU’s Dave Regan and his cabal of   
   >> Marxist academics has moved from California, the SEIU has alienated the   
   >> governor, the teacher’s union (from what I’ve repeatedly heard), and   
   >> most center-left organizations in the state, and they’ve radicalized   
   >> even center left billionaires against special interests to a degree I’ve   
   >> never before seen. To put this in perspective, I know a billionaire tech   
   >> founder who supported Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s infamous pro-crime   
   >> District Attorney, who is now prepared for war with every union in the   
   >> state.   
   >>   
   >> But will a few angry billionaires be enough to avert catastrophe?   
   >   
   > Certainly not.  We need a million billionaires in the street crying   
   > mayhem.   
   >   
   >> https://www.piratewires.com/p/wealth-tax-counterstrike   
      
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