Ro, thanks for the Wisconsin history lesson. You skipped the ending. In 1911 Wisconsin's income tax started at 1% on income over $1,000, about $18,500 today. Most people paid nothing. It was sold as a tax on the few. Today Wisconsin taxes working families starting at 3.5% and tops out at 7.65%. Washington copied the idea in 1913, and fewer than 10% of Americans paid it as late as 1939. Now it's in every paycheck. That's the real lesson of 1911... a tax on "the few" is how you build the machine that taxes everyone. And California already did this before... Prop 30 in 2012 was a "temporary" tax on high earners. Prop 55 extended it to 2030. Temporary in Sacramento means forever. Now look at Prop 40... A 5% grab on net worth, which means paper wealth and private company stock valued by a state formula, not money anyone actually made. Written into the state Constitution, with a clause letting the Legislature amend it by a two-thirds vote if it "furthers the purposes" of the act. "One-time" money for permanent health programs. When it runs out, guess who they come for next. Even Gavin Newsom says it "makes no sense" and is "really damaging to the state." Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Peter Thiel didn't wait around to find out. The LAO warns the state loses income tax revenue every year after the ones who leave are gone. And his chart makes the case against you... 5% "takes them back 31 days." So this wrecks California's reputation for capital, chases out the people who pay a huge share of the income tax, and doesn't even dent the "inequality" you claim to care about. It's not innovative. It's the oldest socialist trick there is... promise it's only them, then come for you. Vote NO on 40.