跨政治光谱的亿万富翁都反对第40号提案。他们认为该税收将导致超级富豪和企业家逃离该州，侵蚀加利福尼亚州的长期所得税基础和该州的竞争力。一些人更倾向于专注于根除政府浪费性支出，或改善不那么富裕者的处境。
Billionaires across the political spectrum have come out in opposition to Prop. 40. They argue the tax will cause the ultrawealthy and entrepreneurs to flee the state, eroding California’s long-term income-tax base and the state’s competitiveness. Some prefer to focus instead on rooting out wasteful government spending or on improving the lot of the less well-off.
但即使是对财富税持怀疑态度的亿万富翁，也支持税法中某些进步性改革的要素。
But even some billionaires who are skeptical of wealth taxes support elements of progressive changes to the tax code.