Californians are voting on a billionaire’s tax

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | 54 min ago

California voters will have to decide on Prop 40, which is a one-time tax on billionaires in order to fund healthcare and education. 

On Today's Show:
Marisa Lagos, correspondent for KQED’s California politics and government desk and co-host of the show and podcast, Political Breakdown, talks about the proposal, who is for and against it and the lengths California billionaires have gone to try to sink the tax.

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