I’m still my phone, hard to type a detailed response to your fair question. Was this a political post on my part? Well, taxes and politics are too intertwined

I’m still my phone, hard to type a detailed response to your fair question. Was this a political post on my part? Well, taxes and politics are too intertwined. I don’t think even I can make that distinction. Taxes in CA have been getting out of hand for a long time. For example, we (LA County) now have a new tax on every square foot of a property that does not allow rain to hit soil. For home owners it’s hundreds of dollars per year. For businesses, thousands to tens of thousands. You pay for your home, driveway, entrance path, patio cover, concrete patio, pool, carport, garage, barn, etc. Home Depot pays for their entire building and parking lot. Just insane. Let’s take another one: I’ve been paying taxes on every gallon of gasoline for road maintenance for over thirty years. Our roads are an absolute disgrace. They slapped on yet more taxes recently to “fix” them. So, they tax everyone for decades, don’t do their jobs, hand out ridiculous pensions and benefits and then ask for more money. This is insane. Political? Well, if it isn’t it means over thirty years of absolute incompetence and possibly even criminal behavior on the part of various agencies. And the solution to both is political. So, yeah, I think you are right, it is.