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   On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:16:31 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/19/2026 2:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:18:20 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/19/2026 2:02 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:47:12 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2/19/2026 4:38 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2/19/2026 12:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:39:03 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Critics, argue it could negatively impact working people and that the   
   >>>>>>>> top 1% already pay nearly half of the state's income taxes.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> And so it is that the labor movement has become thugs and a cabal of   
   >>>>>>> communist academics.  Nah, you can't fool me with that shit.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's because you have not thought this through. Otherwise, you would   
   >>>>>> have posted your arguments, pro or con, to this list, instead of   
   >>>>>> infantile emotional outbursts.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The taxable obligation is wholly detached from a liquidity event!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Unlike income and capital gains taxes, a wealth tax is entirely   
   >>>>>> untethered from a liquidity event. “Asset-rich, cash-poor” taxpayers may   
   >>>>>> be forced to sell assets to meet their tax obligations, risking   
   >>>>>> destabilizing asset and capital markets.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Also, on a more personal level, consider whether one or both spouses are   
   >>>>>> California residents, the tax is imposed at a household level, so a   
   >>>>>> couple with a combined net worth of $1 billion or more is subject to the   
   >>>>>> tax, whereas two unmarried individuals with just under $1 billion apiece   
   >>>>>> would not be taxed.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Reportedly, some high net worth couples are seriously considering   
   >>>>> divorce to avoid the proposed Cali billionaire wealth tax.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Suits me.  It is not up to us to preserve their marriages.  Pay your   
   >>>> damn taxes.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Wealthy people already pay most of the federal and state income tax.   
   >>>   
   >>> You get to work! Pay your fair share of income tax! How about 50% of all   
   >>> income, including government pension and social security?   
   >>>>   
   >> If I were a billionaire,   
   > >   
   >You just proved my point. Not everyone is a billionaire and most are   
   >wealthy on paper only.   
      
   So those of us who lack a billion $ (paper or not) should be allowed   
   to pay less and they should be required to pay more.   
      
   > >   
   > > I would happily do that.   
   > >   
   >You are near 25% annual, not one time, income tax level already. Stay happy.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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