A new constitutional amendment in California would cause taxes to soar in order to establish a universal, single-payer healthcare system.
According to an analysis from the <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/california-health-care-tax-proposal/">Tax Foundation</a>, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 (ACA 11) — which requires two-thirds of both houses of the state legislature for approval — would introduce “surtaxes atop the current individual income tax structure beginning at $149,509 in income,” a “graduated-rate payroll tax system with the top rate kicking in for employees with more than $49,990 in annual income” and a “gross receipts tax of 2.3 percent, excluding the first $2 million of business income.” ACA 11 would go to the voters for final approval if passed by two-thirds of the Legislature.
The net effect would be to “increase taxes by $12,250 per household, roughly doubling the state’s already high tax collections.” The top marginal rate for wages would rise to 18.05% — significantly higher than the nation&#8217;s median top marginal tax rate of 5.3%. 
The Tax Foundation says that “the new tax package is intended to raise an additional $163 billion per year, which is more than California raised in total tax revenue any year prior to the pandemic.”
According to the <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACA11">text</a> of ACA 11, the single-payer healthcare system would benefit “every resident of the state” — yet further authorize the legislature “upon an economic analysis determining insufficient amounts to fund these purposes, to increase any or all of these tax rates by a statute passed by majority vote.”
California’s new tax proposal occurs as residents continue to flee the state. Indeed, a new report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-more-than-600k-people-leaving-new-york-and-california-for-lower-taxed-states">showed</a> that more than 600,000 people have left New York and California for lower-taxed states with less restrictive COVID-19 policies.
Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk — who himself moved from the Golden State to Austin, Texas — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-blasts-californias-bizarre-new-solar-tax-proposal-tells-people-to-complain-to-gavin-newsom">blasted</a> California lawmakers over a “bizarre” new solar tax, even creating a website for people to send complaints to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).
The California Public Utilities Commission’s proposal would “evolve decarbonization incentive efforts to meet the state’s groundbreaking clean energy goals” by establishing a “grid participation charge” of $8 per kilowatt for residential solar panel users. Tesla — which operates Tesla Energy, a firm that sells and installs solar panel systems — is condemning the move.
Musk — currently the world’s richest man — paid $11 billion in taxes last year. Nevertheless, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pramila-jayapal-reacts-to-elon-musk-paying-11-billion-in-taxes-by-asking-rich-to-pay-their-fair-share">asserted</a> on social media that he was still failing to contribute his “fair share.” 
The comment came after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-will-pay-more-taxes-than-any-american-in-history-this-year-elon-musk-obliterates-elizabeth-warren-with-one-tweet">denounced</a> Musk in December for “freeloading off everyone else” and benefiting from “the rigged tax code.” Musk replied to Warren: “And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year.”
Two high-ranking California Department of Education officials were recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-education-official-lives-in-texas-despite-state-ban-on-travel-to-lone-star-state">revealed</a> to be living outside of California. One resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while another resided — like Musk — in Texas, an ironic move given California’s ban on state travel to the Lone Star State. Both officials resigned after their stories made national headlines.

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