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加州亿万富翁税提案的支持者表示，他们已征集到足够多的签名，该提案将得以纳入11月的大选投票。
该提案由代表12万多名加州医护人员的服务雇员国际联盟-联合医疗工作者西部分会（SEIU-UHW）提出，将对净资产达到10亿美元及以上的加州居民征收一次性5%的税款。
该工会表示，他们已征集到超过150万个签名，远超 qualifying 该提案进入投票所需的87.5万个签名。
据组织者介绍，这项被称为“2026年亿万富翁税法”的全州性投票提案，旨在防止加州各地的医院和诊所关闭，并为公立K-14教育以及州级食品援助项目提供资金支持。但这项拟议中的税收也引发了分歧，加州州长加文·纽瑟姆认为，如果该税促使最富有的居民迁出加州，可能会损害该州的经济和预算。
预计将筹集1000亿美元
据税收与经济政策研究所的分析，这项税收预计将在五年内筹集约1000亿美元资金。
支持者指出，加州目前约有200名亿万富翁，其总财富规模达2万亿美元，但他们每年缴纳的税款还不到该总额的1.5%——远低于中产阶级居民实际缴纳的有效税率。加州单身申报者年收入约2.5万至7万美元区间的税率范围为4%至8%。
该提案的反对者认为，这将促使富裕的加州居民迁出该州。纽约居民、亿万富翁对冲基金经理比尔·阿克曼反对该提案，称他认为财富税“本质上是对私有财产的没收，会带来诸多意想不到的负面后果”。
该提案的主要发起方、SEIU-UHW的办公厅主任苏珊娜·希门尼斯在周一的一份声明中表示，尽管“有争议的亿万富翁”一直在试图阻止该提案推进，但“我们目前的签名数量证明，一线医护人员将成功将这项合乎情理的提案提交给选民”。
“当我们的 coalition 提交这些签名时，大卫已经赢了对抗歌利亚的第一回合，但医护人员和我们的盟友不会停止努力，直到我们完全保护我们的患者免受因加州医疗保健削减1000亿美元预算而即将到来的医疗灾难，”她说。
在周一宣布这一里程碑的新闻发布会上，该法案的支持者驳斥了亿万富翁会因此迁出加州的威胁。
“加州的许多亿万富翁都是在这里安家立业的，这些人不会离开，”希门尼斯说。
她承认，只有“极少数”超富居民曾公开表示他们已经搬离了加州。
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California billionaire tax secures enough signatures to make ballot
April 27, 2026 / 1:42 PM EDT / CBS News
Proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires say they have obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot.
The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worths of $1 billion or more.
The union said it obtained more than 1.5 million signatures, exceeding the 875,000 required to qualify for the ballot.
Called the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” the statewide ballot measure is intended to prevent hospital and clinic closures across California and help fund public K-14 education and state food assistance programs, according to organizers. But the proposed tax has also proven divisive, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom arguing it could hurt the state’s economy and budget if it drives its wealthiest residents to relocate.
Raising $100 billion
The tax is projected to raise about $100 billion over five years, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Backers argue that the roughly 200 billionaires in California have collectively amassed $2 trillion in wealth, yet pay less than 1.5% of that in annual taxes — a fraction of the effective tax rate paid by middle-class residents. The state tax rate for single filers earning about $25,000 to $70,000 ranges from 4% to 8%.
Opponents of the proposal argue that it would drive wealthy Californians from the state. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, a New York resident, opposes the measure, saying he believes wealth taxes “effectively represent an expropriation of private property and have many unintended and negative consequences.”
Suzanne Jimenez, chief of staff at SEIU-UHW, lead sponsor of the measure, said in a Monday statement that while “controversial billionaires” have tried to stop the measure from moving forward, “our current signature tally proves frontline healthcare workers will prevail in bringing this commonsense proposal to voters.”
“When our growing coalition files these signatures, David will have won the first round against Goliath, but healthcare workers and our allies won’t quit until we fully protect our patients from the looming healthcare disaster that will be caused by $100 billion in cuts to California healthcare,” she said.
At a press conference announcing the milestone on Monday, proponents of the act dismissed the threat of a billionaire exodus from the state.
“Many billionaires in California made their lives there. Those folks are not going to leave,” Jimenez said.
She acknowledged that only “a little handful” of ultra-wealthy residents have reported that they have moved.
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