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I recently saw folks dealing with the flip side of Prop 13, over in Texas. Vehemently against raising property taxes to pay for badly-needed schools, because re
by rconti 5y ago
I recently saw folks dealing with the flip side of Prop 13, over in Texas. Vehemently against raising property taxes to pay for badly-needed schools, because retirees on fixed incomes can't afford large property tax hikes. OTOH, Prop 13 is also awful, and, surprise, surprise, we can't pay for schools in California, either, so....
- foobiekr 5y agoProp13 is really not awful. The extensions to the law that don’t encourage relocation are awful (such as passing properties to heirs) but having tax stability is generally beneficial in many ways. I actually expect to see prop13 laws proliferate as Californians invade places without similar laws, though perhaps tied to age.