California voters consider proposition to tax billionaires' wealth
Topics: California Politics
2 outlets (PBS NewsHour and ABC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “tax”, “wealth”, “California”, “billionaires'”. Distinct wording: PBS NewsHour uses “proposition” and “consider”; ABC News uses “become” and “state”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion, with most of the revenue dedicated to replacing federal funding cuts to healthcare.”
- ABC News reports: “California voters are considering a first-in-the-nation measure to tax the net worth of billionaires”
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- PBS NewsHour: California voters consider proposition to tax billionaires' wealth
- ABC News: California could become the first state to tax billionaires' wealth
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