More States Want to Tax the Rich. Here's How.

更多州希望对富人征税。看看这是怎么操作的。

WSJ What’s News

2026-07-12

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Voters in California are weighing a one-time tax on billionaires. Meanwhile, states including Maine and Massachusetts have already implemented income taxes on wealthy residents. The idea of levying higher taxes on the rich is catching on across the U.S., but the way the measures work—and how residents feel about them—couldn’t be more different. Host Alex Ossola discusses the efforts to tax the wealthy (and their opposition) with WSJ economics reporter Jeanne Whalen and Journal enterprise reporter Laura Nelson.  Further Reading Proposed California Billionaire Tax Clears Key Hurdle on Way to Ballot  Rich Californians Are Finding Creative Ways to Get Ahead of the Billionaire Tax California’s Tax-Weary Billionaires Seek Refuge on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada Shore  Wealth-Tax Fever Is Spreading to Less-Wealthy States Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Hey, What's News listeners, it's Sunday, July 12th.

  • I'm Alex Oseleff for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news.

  • On the show this week, we're looking at efforts around the U.S.

  • To increase taxes on the wealthy.

  • A proposal in California to tax the state's billionaires.

  • And the effort recently cleared a key hurdle, so it'll appear on the ballot in November.

  • That's no guarantee it'll become law, but it's good news for the health care workers union that proposed it.

  • In fact, they say it's necessary.

  • This is a one-time emergency tax to address the collapse of our health care system in California

  • and the loss of health care coverage for 3.5 million people.

  • That was Dave Regan, the president of the Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West,

  • speaking recently on KCRA News.

  • But there are also lots of people who oppose the billionaire tax, even among people who support higher taxes in general.

  • Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla recently discussed it in an interview with journal reporter Gunjan Banerjee.