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In practice, given how expensive things are in CA, and how much you need to make just to have a roof in a somewhat decent neighborhood not hours away from your
by elzbardico 4y ago
In practice, given how expensive things are in CA, and how much you need to make just to have a roof in a somewhat decent neighborhood not hours away from your work:
Tax the middle-class to subsidize the rich.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoI'm tempted to think of things as a 0 sum game or positive sum - but California really seems to be a negative sum game. California was pretty nice when I was 22 and didn't mind living in a studio apartment. I honestly think California is a negative sum game at this point. It seems like hardly anyone is winning, and most people are losing - most of them massively. I guess the people living entirely off handouts are winning? Maybe 22 year-olds that get paid a bunch of money to work at FAANG and live in studio apartments? It's not even clear to me that the majority of Prop 13 recipients are benefiting that much. You only really benefit if you sell and leave the state. And, yes, some people are doing that - but not anywhere near a majority.