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STATEMENT: After Billionaires Fail to Kill Popular California Initiative, Newsom Offers Sham Alternative
Newsom’s new plan fails to reduce wealth and power of billionaires SACRAMENTO — Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of billionaires failed to remove a ballot measure supported by a majority of California voters that would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on...
New Polling Shows Overwhelming Advantage for Candidates who Support Taxing Billionaires, Exposing Key Liability for Gov. Gavin Newsom
77% of voters nationwide support raising taxes on billionaires, including 65% of Republicans and 75% of Independents New polling from Impact Research for Tax the Greedy Billionaires shows candidates who will rein in billionaire power hold a strong advantage over those...
Trump’s Messy 250th Celebrations Embody the Founders’ Fears of Wealth Concentration Threatening Democracy
Taxing Excessive Wealth Will Safeguard the U.S. from Modern Kings Donald Trump’s messy 250th anniversary celebrations aren’t just an embarrassment, they embody exactly the type of corruption our Founders warned against. Rather than celebrating the United States and...
Americans Are Fed Up With Billionaire Rule | The Billionaire Bulletin #11
July 2026 Welcome to The Billionaire Bulletin, brought to you by Tax the Greedy Billionaires and the Excessive Wealth Institute. Each month, we explore how excessive wealth concentration is distorting our economy and eroding our democracy. Join our mailing list to get...
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Americans Are Fed Up With Billionaire Rule | The Billionaire Bulletin #11
Today marks the 237th anniversary of Bastille Day, when French peasants launched a revolution against a ruling elite they saw as oppressive and out of touch. More than two centuries later, Americans may have more in common with those 18th-century French peasants than we might think. Just as French aristocrats lived in splendor while ordinary people starved, we are living through an unprecedented experiment in billionaire governance.
Trump’s Messy 250th Celebrations Embody the Founders’ Fears of Wealth Concentration Threatening Democracy
Donald Trump’s messy 250th anniversary celebrations aren’t just an embarrassment, they embody exactly the type of corruption our Founders warned against. Rather than celebrating the United States and the people who made our country what it is today, Trump and his cronies have leveraged this landmark anniversary to further enrich themselves.
STATEMENT: After Billionaires Fail to Kill Popular California Initiative, Newsom Offers Sham Alternative
Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of billionaires failed to remove a ballot measure supported by a majority of California’s voters that would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on California billionaires. After unsuccessfully campaigning to kill the measure, Gov. Newsom put forth a nationwide tax proposal that falls far short of addressing the urgent crisis we face.
Tax the Greedy Trillionaire | The Billionaire Bulletin #10
We’re switching up The Billionaire Bulletin this month for one important reason: SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, went public and he just became the world’s first trillionaire. This isn’t a milestone. It’s a five-alarm fire. The truth is, Musk’s new trillionaire status marks the beginning of one of the largest wealth transfers in human history.
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