California Voters to Decide on Proposition 40, a Proposed Tax on Billionaires' Wealth
Photo: CBS NewsHow the sides differ Left sources question whether the tax would deliver promised benefits and note progressive opposition; alternative sources stress organizers' case and funding; right sources have not covered it.
Alternative and independent outlets report that organizers in California, which is home to 200 billionaires, are arguing it is time to tax them through Proposition 40. Truthout says that if the measure passes, it would generate funding for health care, education and food assistance programs. Left-leaning coverage from CBS News agrees on the basic facts: California voters will decide whether to adopt Proposition 40, which would impose a new tax on billionaires' wealth. The available excerpts do not give a tax rate, a vote date or other details of the measure.
On what happens next, the articles say only that voters will make the decision. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Those covering it differ in emphasis. CBS News examines whether the tax would deliver the benefits its backers promise and why some progressives oppose it, while Truthout centers the organizers' case and the programs the revenue would support.
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CBS News leads with the ballot decision and has a correspondent, Jo Ling Kent, examine whether the tax would deliver its promised benefits and why some progressives oppose it.
Truthout leads with California's 200 billionaires and organizers' push to tax them, emphasizing the health care, education and food assistance funding the measure would generate if passed.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.