Economist Dr. Art Laffer – California Globe

Gavin Newsom’s Flip Flop on Billionaire Tax is the Real Newsom

June 27, 2026 9:06 amJune 27, 2026 9:06 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s flip flop on the billionaire tax isn’t really a flip-flop – it’s Gavin admitting who he really is and that he actually supported it in the first place. Gavin Newsom originally claimed that he opposed the...

Courts Could, and Arguably Should, Yank The Billionaire Tax Before Voters Ever Get a Chance To Weigh In

April 28, 2026 6:00 amApril 28, 2026 6:01 am

The SEIU-backed punitive tax measure is claimed to have enough signatures to place the question on November’s ballot. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signature count, and once that happens, that’s the moment to act. The proposed...

SEIU Announces They Have Enough Signatures for Billionaire-Tax to Qualify for Ballot

April 27, 2026 7:50 amApril 27, 2026 7:55 am

Supporters of the proposed California billionaire tax, sponsored by SEIU, announced Sunday that they had gathered nearly twice as many signatures as necessary to qualify the controversial proposal for the November ballot. Democrats and the SEIU are pushing the “2026...

Mamdani Proposes ‘White Homes’ Estate Tax; California Pushes Billionaire Tax

March 24, 2026 8:12 amMarch 24, 2026 12:22 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is attempting to increase the estate tax “by lowering the exemption to $750,000 from its current value of $7.1 million” and massively raising the “top rate from 16% to 50%,” proclaiming his own apartheid. $750,000...

Another One Bites the Dust: Jelly Belly Announces Layoffs and Administrative Offices Consolidating Out of California

February 23, 2026 8:53 amFebruary 23, 2026 8:53 am

The Bay Area is getting hit one more time with job losses. First it was the announcement of the Benicia Valero refinery closure by April 2026. Then came the announcement that Anheuser-Busch would be closing its Budweiser plant in Fairfield,...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s Record on Raising Taxes on the Rich Speaks for Itself

January 24, 2026 9:37 amJanuary 28, 2026 7:04 am

Well, Brandon Richards (He/Him), Governor Gavin Newsom’s Deputy Director of Rapid Response, climbs out from under his rock claiming that Gavin Newsom has opposed taxes on the rich for years. As the Globe reported Friday, California billionaires are leaving the...

The Left’s & SEIU’s Justification of California’s Billionaire Tax is Tiresome

January 23, 2026 10:33 amJanuary 23, 2026 12:16 pm

California billionaires are leaving the state in record numbers, and taking their billions with them. According to one billionaire, more than $1 Trillion has already left. California Governor Gavin Newsom, Democrats and the SEIU are pushing a retroactive billionaire tax...