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Parcel tax increases are voted on so they aren't just random increases. And I think they need 2/3 to pass.
by e40 11y ago
Parcel tax increases are voted on so they aren't just random increases. And I think they need 2/3 to pass.
- DrScump 11y agoBut parcel taxes are added by popular vote of city/district residents, so they almost always pass.
- CrowFly 11y agoRight. And don't forget -- Senior Citizens exempt themselves from parcel taxes and renters don't usually see these reflected in rent increases. So you have a majority with little to lose by voting to tax "other" people. I'm always amazed how the techno-libertarians on yc-hews go full communist when it comes to Prop 13 and the right to own property! And exempting seniors from this taking has a racist element--keep the existing white people from being taxed, but tax the younger people who are moving in.