Californians Face Double-Whammy of New Taxes

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

Gavin Newsom and the California legislature are preparing to hit the state’s residents with a double whammy of new taxes to fund their political agenda. Titus Wu describes the new measures in the California Post, writing:

One measure would extend a tax on health care providers to potentially generate roughly $2 billion a year to help fund Medi-Cal.

Individuals with private health insurance plans could see their rates go up an average of about $100 a year, or $400 a year for a family of four, as insurers look to pass on the costs….

The other tax hike classifies “prewritten” software products as personal property subject to the state’s highest-in-the-nation sales tax. The software tax is estimated to bring in $900 million annually, according to legislative analysis.

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