“Leave” as in claiming their primary residence is in Florida while spending all of their time in California.

Ooo let's make it nationwide then

They won’t leave. They’re just trying to scare idiots into voting for policies that only benefit the rich and their ilk.

A.) No they're not

B.) If they do, then good for everyone in California. Let them dodge taxes elsewhere.

If they weren’t paying taxes in the first place, their departure only improves the environment.

The ultra wealthy said the same thing about New York City, they aren't going anywhere.

Threatening people with a good time? A bold strategy Cotton!

'Flee'?! Like cockroaches when the light is turned on?

If you can't contribute anything but only take take take, then get the fuck out of the whole country while you're at it. And stay out!

Sure, go to Texas. See how they like people moving from California.

I'm threatening to move if my landlord persists on collecting rent, that should get him to back off

This happened in NJ and the billionaire who “left because of taxes” has both returned to the state since and pretty consistently stated he did not leave because of the tax hike and never said that was his motive. While I am sure these scumbags will do whatever is necessary to avoid paying taxes my point is don’t expect the media to not propagandize here.

The narrative being built is clearly one to make the average person think “increasing taxes on the wealthy will hurt us!” This is what happened in New Jersey. “If the tax increases are passed and David Tepper leaves it will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars and ruin everything!”. It’s that domestic abuse shit; “you should just let me exploit the fuck out of you and if you don’t I’ll bail and it’s your fault for not letting me continue to do so”. Also fwiw while Tepper left NJ was fine and while his loss was notable to the tax budget it was not insurmountable by any means. NJ and California are already quite wealthy states.

Your taxes don't mean shit to the state if all you do is look for reasons not to pay them, and don't pay them.

Taxes don't have to care where you live. If done properly, all that matters is where the assets are. You want to do more than $1B(or whatever number makes sense) of buisness in California? You need to create a California based subsidiary to handle it all. And share holders of that buisness pay tax on the value of those shares. Then it doesn't matter where Alphabet or Google or their CEOs are located.

Yet another benefit of the wealth tax.

Go. Please go. They say this all the time, I really wish they would.

Keep those evil fuckers running!

No they won't.

We should hold a farewell party and hold them to it

Let them flee all the way to Russia. Billionaires shouldn't exist in the first place.

Good, making California a more affordable place for California families. I hope one their platinum-plated private jets collides with the others gold-plated mega yacht on their way out and I never have to read this shit from their publicists again.

If he leaves the country maybe he'll take his puppet Shady Vance with him.

go on, git!

Greedy fucks should be totally stripped of their wealth wherever they go so as to (re)learn what its like down here with us

How about taxing billionaires in all 50 states, a federal billionaire tax and all other countries impose a billionaire tax. Make them have nowhere to go.

You don't have to sell it to me I was already in

Are these the same billionaires who were going to leave New York? Or different ones?

No, they aren't.

we should just confiscate their ill-gotten gains, afterward they can move around wherever they'd like!

Bye bitch

People of California: Don't threaten us with a good time. (Also, not like their tax dollars will be missed)

If they were going to leave it wouldn't be posted like this, as a threat in the news.

It wasn’t as if these billionaire parasites were paying taxes anyways.

Lol they already have like 500 homes in like 50 countries. Its either this or a series of Luigi Mangioni-like shootings and imo, I'd rather have these billionaires just pay their fucking taxes.

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

Bet they don't.

BYE! I'd say "don't let the door hit you in the ass" but that's unlikely as you're all ass.

they should pass a law that requires you to pay a 400m exit fee for filing a change of address if your name is peter thiel or larry page, per person, for each member of the extended family

They should flee earth. Start living on the moon and leave the rest of society.

No they won't

Let me guess he is moving to florida or texas