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Well when elected officials misspend tax money, it's only an inevitability that propositions like prop 13 pass. People on here talk about prop 13 without having
by tathougies 6y ago
Well when elected officials misspend tax money, it's only an inevitability that propositions like prop 13 pass. People on here talk about prop 13 without having actually lived in CA before Prop 13. Before prop 13, there was still lots of bad governance, so voters decided to at least cap the amount they were going to spend on stupid policies.
Surprised no one on here has mentioned the obvious gorilla in the room: leftist "progressive" policies that make business impossible.
- jedberg 6y agoThere are better ways to cap government income than what is effectively rent control for rich people. A lot of areas have laws that only allow total revenue to go up by say 1% a year. So when they do tax assessments, they have to lower the property tax percentage for everyone equally to stay under the limit.
- tathougies 6y agoSure there are but none had ever gotten to the point of actually being enacted other than prop 13. in a working state, legislators would have self discipline and not require direct propositions to be kept in line.
- oh_sigh 6y agoThe voters voted that only people who are silly enough to not already own a house will foot the bill. If I own a multi million dollar house and pay $1k in taxes per year, why wouldn't I vote for all the tax increases in the world (save for repealing prop 13)?
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