SAN FRANCISCO — Bernie Sanders considers the proposed tax on California billionaires to be the most important ballot measure in America.
Now, with the initiative slide in polls and largely overwhelmed by the opposition, the senator from Vermont is trying to give it new life.
“The whole country, and frankly people around the world, are paying attention to what is happening here,” he told a delighted crowd on Saturday. “People ask, ‘Is this possible?’ And you’re going to do it and show the world that it’s possible!
The initiative, a health care union’s attempt to offset federal cuts with a one-time 5 percent tax on California billionaires, has muddied the politics of this Democratic stronghold while reverberating far beyond the state.
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