Airdate: Wednesday, January 21 at 10 AM
A California health care union is campaigning for a ballot measure that would impose a one-time “wealth tax” on the state’s roughly estimated 200 billionaires. The proposal is meant to shore up
funding for health programs facing severe cuts because of federal funding reductions. But it’s stirring opposition from Governor Gavin Newsom, who says the tax could harm the state’s economy. We’ll talk about how the tax would work and what the risks and benefits might come from a new levy on the state’s wealthiest residents.