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The supposed purpose of this tax on expensive properties—funding homeless programs—is dubious at best considering the insane amounts of money that Californian c
by TechnicolorByte 4y ago
The supposed purpose of this tax on expensive properties—funding homeless programs—is dubious at best considering the insane amounts of money that Californian cities funnel towards them with no real improvement in the crisis. The reality is we need to treat the visibly homeless (i.e., drug addicted, mentally ill) which would require bringing back mental institutions. But that seems politically unviable.
Regardless, I’m always happy to tax the truly wealthy more.
- proc0 4y agoThe real problem is accountability, and there is none if the same party holds power and has no competition. They have no incentive to avoid failure, no real consequences, so they play political games with these issues just to virtue signal instead of actually looking for an effective solution. The optics are more important than the results. The sad part is people seem to go along with it because they can't fathom voting differently.
- hindsightbias 4y agoYeah, for some reason one party can’t fathom a return to forced institutionalization and the glorious War on Drugs. But lots of HN “libertarians” can, so there is hope.
- proc0 4y agoOk, well let's hope they find a solution after 10 years and billions of dollars (and the problem getting worse). Surely they'll get it this time.
- TechnicolorByte 4y agoBecause leaving the mentally ill on the streets is such a compassionate alternative to institutionalization and getting them the help they need.