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The idea of constitutional limits on government sounds "silly and dangerous" to you?

• _vertigo 8y ago
  Instead of responding to a question with yet another question, why not answer the question (why place a limit on how often a city can put a tax increase on the ballot)? That’s much more productive. To answer your question, one could argue that it’s not the idea of constitutional limits that sounds dangerous, but what this exact law is limiting that feels silly and dangerous.
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• bobthepanda 8y ago
  What exactly is the limit here that is reasonable? It's a limit on referendums; without the limit, voters would still have to approve any hike. If it is so against the public interest, why not let the public decide, by voting?
• greglindahl 8y ago
  Constitutional limits like the Bill of Rights sound awesome to me. As a Californian, all of our crazy constitutional limits on taxes are less awesome. After many years of unequal taxation, similar buildings in the same city pay wildly different amounts of tax, and the difference will only grow over time. People are less likely to move for a new job, businesses get less for selling commercial buildings because a tax benefit is lost when a building is sold. It's one of the worst aspects of California's direct democracy system.