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> It’s extremely trivial for those in SF to move anywhere else in CA without having to even change their tax status (Edit: for withholding. Crossing state lines
by neilparikh 6y ago
> It’s extremely trivial for those in SF to move anywhere else in CA without having to even change their tax status (Edit: for withholding. Crossing state lines is more of a paperwork hassle for some companies), depriving SF of rents and taxes.
This is why governments should primarily derive their tax revenue from the one thing people can’t move around: the land. Unfortunately, CA eliminates this obvious avenue of taxation through prop 13.
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- harryh 6y agoAlmost every major CA problem is connected to Prop 13 in one way or another. It's remarkable how much it has screwed up state and local governments.