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Voting begins as Silicon Valley billionaires battle California wealth tax

Original: "Voting begins Td, the world needs to know what SV billionaires are doing🚨to # sabotage the # BillionaireTax on the ball

Voting starts in California on a ballot measure that would impose a 5% tax on billionaires' wealth to fund healthcare and education. The state's roughly 250 billionaires, including tech figures like Sergey Brin, are being accused of campaigning to sabotage the initiative, since they hold little chance of winning over 20 million voters directly. Critics argue the world should watch how wealthy donors attempt to defeat the measure.

Why now: A billionaire wealth tax is on the California ballot and voting has begun, drawing scrutiny of tech billionaires' opposition.

CaliforniaSilicon Valley billionairesSergey BrinBillionaireTax ballot measure

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• "Voting begins Td, the world needs to know what SV billionaires are doing🚨to # sabotage the # BillionaireTax on the ballot in CA‼️ CA’s 250 # billionaires have little chance of winning *20M voters➡️asked to approve a tax of 5% on billionaires’ wealth to fund HC/ED. S Brin, P… · KimPerales@toad.social · 3

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