Saturday’s march in support of California’s billionaires didn’t exactly draw a huge crowd – San Francisco Chronicle counts There were about three dozen attendees, as well as a dozen other vocal counter-protesters.
To be fair, organizer Derrick Kauffman did Only “a few dozen” were predicted to be present in advance.. But the “March for Billionaires” has attracted immense attention on social media because it is an incoherent idea, and According to mission localJournalists nearly outnumbered protesters at the event, where marchers held signs with messages such as “We ❤️ You Jeffrey Bezos” and “It’s very difficult to write a nuanced argument on a sign.”
The apparent reason for the demonstration was to protest the Billionaire Tax Act, a proposed state ballot measure that would require Californians worth more than $1 billion to pay a one-time, 5% tax on their net worth. If the measure does indeed pass, Governor Gavin Newsom said he will veto it.
Kaufman, who founded the AI startup RunRL and is not a billionaire himself, told reporters, “I believe California is the only state that offers health insurance to people who came into the country illegally. I think we probably shouldn’t provide it.” (fourteen states Provide health care to undocumented immigrants.)
