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IDK about you, but to me rewarding long-term landholders is basically feudalism and doesn't count as "innovative." It's the same shit we've had for thousands o
by SR2Z 3y ago
IDK about you, but to me rewarding long-term landholders is basically feudalism and doesn't count as "innovative." It's the same shit we've had for thousands of years, but because it's CA, they have to PRETEND it's progressive.
- hedora 3y agoNo one pretends it is progressive. Prop 13 and the group that supports it are from 1978, which is before the progressive moment was really a thing. The supporters are explicitly non-partisan: https://www.hjta.org/about-hjta/paccommittees/ https://www.hjta.org/about-hjta/paccommittees/ The main issue is that while they were setting this up, they also arranged for a 66% voter threshold for renewing things like school funding. Most districts around here are only 60-66% progressive, which means the schools are chronically underfunded (funding is 47th in the nation, despite California being one of the richest states).
- SilasX 3y agoYes! There was even a Supreme Court case where a justice called out its feudal character. See my earlier comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13477220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13477220
- vaguba 3y agocalifornia was part of the so-called "red wall" back from the 1960s-1990s that was a solid GOP wall on the west coast, from washington to california.
- ttymck 3y agoWho is "they"?