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Because the Boomers forbid housing construction and put in prop 13 to shelter themselves from any tax increase as housing cost skyrocketed. They created this me
by burlesona 8y ago
Because the Boomers forbid housing construction and put in prop 13 to shelter themselves from any tax increase as housing cost skyrocketed. They created this mess.
- nitrogen 8y agoIf zoning and construction were sane I think something like prop13 would be a good thing. Nobody should be forced out of a home they could otherwise afford just because the taxes went up.
- dfxm12 8y agoThere are more specific ways to deal with that issue besides prop 13 though, like homestead exemptions.
- andrewbinstock 8y agoDefinitely not the Boomers that did Prop 13. Prop 13 was passed in 1978, when the oldest boomers were 32 and the youngest 14. Not many owned houses then. This was passed by voters of earlier generations. Look at the two leaders of the movement, Howard Jarvis (born 1903) and Paul Gann (born 1912). Most Boomers were opposed to it b/c they could easily foresee the cuts to social services and education that were coming.