By Rick Baum, includes “The California Department of Finance recently projected that the state is facing a $54 billion deficit. There is hope for a bailout from the federal government. … A 50% tax on the wealth of just Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk would solve the deficit with tens of billions remaining. … An emergency wealth tax of 50% on these three individuals alone would come to $86.2 billion.”