If I may torture your analogy a bit: if you're going to argue about cleaning up egg yolks splattered all over the place, talking to people who are holding plast

If I may torture your analogy a bit: if you're going to argue about cleaning up egg yolks splattered all over the place, talking to people who are holding plastic Easter eggs isn't going to be very productive. Whatever you might say about tax revenue and public schools in SF, it's not relevant to a discussion this particular tax (which isn't enforced, doesn't generate revenue, was never contributing to public education budgets, and whose only effect seems to be to encourage startups to form contingency relocation plans if it ever does get to be enforced.) We could be having a great discussion about tax revenue, public education, etc. But we're not, and neither is anyone else in this thread, because it's really a completely tangential topic. I would love to have the discussion, which is why I again request that you submit a blog post or article that's directly relevant rather than trying to wedge the discussion into a thread where it doesn't belong.