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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12969851/Why-wealthy-Californians-ditching-LA-mansions-droves-fleeing.html
Californians are packing up their LA mansions and flocking
to states where you can get more bang for your buck and
avoid extortionate taxes, rampant crime and the Golden
State's homelessness crisis.
Celebrities, families and CEOs are all among California's
richest residents who are skipping town to avoid the
recently enforced 'mansion tax'.
The policy, which taxes an extra four per cent on homes
sold for more that $5 million and a 5.5 per cent tax on
homes above $10 million, went into effect on April 1, 2023,
and many Californians took it as their sign to leave.
. . .
HA-Ha !!!
Those rich righteous 'liberals' USED to be the prime
supporters of the DNC ... NOW they're fleeing in droves.
It's so bad some pols have suggested a 'revenge tax'
on them ... continuing to demand state tax from them
even IF they become residents of other states. That
sounds seriously illegal - but BET they're gonna TRY
to hold their Big Money hostage - kinda literally -
at any costs.
Note, 'rich' people can afford LOTS OF GOOD LAWYERS ...
and can tear Cal pols a new one in short order.
The sad bit are those who can't afford squads of
lawyers ... the Regular Joes. Of course it's been
THEIR votes that keep putting the WokieNutters
in office over and over and over again .....
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