加州约200名亿万富翁中的彼得·蒂尔、拉里·佩奇和谢尔盖·布林等人，对一项可能在11月对其征税的州级公投提案反应强烈，并开始把业务迁往佛罗里达和内华达等低税地区。该提案的可能性在数周内扰动了全美最大州的商业与政治，反对阵营已投入数百万美元支持新的政治组织以阻止或分流该措施。

《亿万富翁税法案》将对净资产超过11亿美元的加州居民征收一次性5%的财富税，目的是弥补联邦对医疗补助计划（Medicaid）的资金削减。收入将按90%用于医疗保健、10%用于教育和食品援助分配，而支持者必须在6月24日之前收集近90万份签名才能把它送上选票。

加州立法分析办公室警告，一次性财富税可能在长期危及一般基金，尤其是因为仅在2022年加州个人所得税中近40%由最富有的1%缴纳。批评者还担心对非流动财富和未实现收益征税会加速外迁趋势，因为在高所得税负担下，避税迁移可能只需搬到得克萨斯或佛罗里达。

Peter Thiel, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin, among California’s roughly 200 billionaires, have reacted loudly to a proposed statewide ballot measure that could tax them in November, and have begun moving business to low-tax havens such as Florida and Nevada. In a matter of weeks, the possibility alone has roiled business and politics in America’s biggest state, with opponents already spending millions through a new political outfit to stop or divert the measure.

The Billionaire Tax Act would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on California residents whose net worth exceeds $1.1bn, aiming to backfill federal cuts to the state’s Medicaid programme. It would allocate 90% of revenues to health care and 10% to education and food assistance, while supporters must gather nearly 900,000 signatures by June 24 to make the ballot.

California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warns that a one-time wealth tax could imperil the general fund in the long term, especially since as recently as 2022 nearly 40% of the state’s personal income taxes were paid by the top 1%. Critics also argue that taxing illiquid wealth and unrealised gains could accelerate exit plans, because in a high income-tax state avoiding the levy may be as simple as moving to Texas or Florida.

Source: A 5% wealth tax would drive billionaires out of California

Subtitle: The Golden State’s Democrats are divided over a golden-goose grab

Dateline: 2月 05, 2026 04:18 上午 | San Jose