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California Billionaire Tax Faces Governor's Opposition as Kenya Scales Back Revenue Plans

Sourced from 3 publications

•A California labor union plans to revise its billionaire tax proposal following considerable pushback, including active opposition from Governor Gavin Newsom.
•Bloomberg reports Newsom is running a pressure campaign to block the proposal before it can reach a voter referendum.
•Kenyan lawmakers reduced Treasury tax proposals from nearly $1 billion to $763 million in expected budget revenue.
•Australia's One Nation party claims its rising poll numbers contributed to the government scaling back contested tax changes.
•All three cases involve governments or political actors retreating from tax measures under political pressure, though the situations are unrelated.

Sources

One Nation lauds fundraiser as stoking tax 'backflip'

Perthnow

California labor union offers to scale back billionaire tax proposal after pushb...

Abcnews

Newsom Rushes to Sink Billionaire Tax Before Deadline

Bloomberg

Kenya to Raise $763 Million After Lawmakers Tone Down Tax Plan

Bloomberg

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