“Leave” as in claiming their primary residence is in Florida while spending all of their time in California.

Ooo let's make it nationwide then

They won’t leave. They’re just trying to scare idiots into voting for policies that only benefit the rich and their ilk.

Taxes don't have to care where you live. If done properly, all that matters is where the assets are. You want to do more than $1B(or whatever number makes sense) of buisness in California? You need to create a California based subsidiary to handle it all. And share holders of that buisness pay tax on the value of those shares. Then it doesn't matter where Alphabet or Google or their CEOs are located.

This How Money Works video talks about these hollow threats. In short, they probably would leave anyway.

Sure, go to Texas. See how they like people moving from California.

Threatening people with a good time? A bold strategy Cotton!

'Flee'?! Like cockroaches when the light is turned on?

Keep those evil fuckers running!

If they weren’t paying taxes in the first place, their departure only improves the environment.

How about taxing billionaires in all 50 states, a federal billionaire tax and all other countries impose a billionaire tax. Make them have nowhere to go.

The ultra wealthy said the same thing about New York City, they aren't going anywhere.

Go. Please go. They say this all the time, I really wish they would.

buh bye!

BYE! I'd say "don't let the door hit you in the ass" but that's unlikely as you're all ass.

we should just confiscate their ill-gotten gains, afterward they can move around wherever they'd like!

Bye. Go to Texas or Florida. Next....

If you can't contribute anything but only take take take, then get the fuck out of the whole country while you're at it. And stay out!

Bet they don't.

Greedy fucks should be totally stripped of their wealth wherever they go so as to (re)learn what its like down here with us

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

We should hold a farewell party and hold them to it

No they won't.

Let them flee all the way to Russia. Billionaires shouldn't exist in the first place.

Are these the same billionaires who were going to leave New York? Or different ones?

People of California: Don't threaten us with a good time. (Also, not like their tax dollars will be missed)

Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

Bye bitch

Fuck up some other state's politics for a change.

This happened in NJ and the billionaire who “left because of taxes” has both returned to the state since and pretty consistently stated he did not leave because of the tax hike and never said that was his motive. While I am sure these scumbags will do whatever is necessary to avoid paying taxes my point is don’t expect the media to not propagandize here.

The narrative being built is clearly one to make the average person think “increasing taxes on the wealthy will hurt us!” This is what happened in New Jersey. “If the tax increases are passed and David Tepper leaves it will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars and ruin everything!”. It’s that domestic abuse shit; “you should just let me exploit the fuck out of you and if you don’t I’ll bail and it’s your fault for not letting me continue to do so”. Also fwiw while Tepper left NJ was fine and while his loss was notable to the tax budget it was not insurmountable by any means. NJ and California are already quite wealthy states.

Bye, assholes.

They should flee earth. Start living on the moon and leave the rest of society.

Then don't allow them to leave the state

Or just take their companies within the state.

Fuck the rich