Prop. 13 The ultimate middle class hypocrisy.
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 10-16-2016 - 15:19
Nudge Wrote:
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> Loved Prop 13. Kept my taxes low until I decided
> to sell, not the state or counties forcing me out
> by over the top property taxes. The assessors
> tried every trick in the book but the people who
> voted it in prevailed.
>
> I knew a farmer in Salinas that was able to keep
> his artichoke farm with the county trying to force
> him to sell. He was able to stay in business and
> unless his family sells the place, it will stay
> that way for generations to come.
>
>
> Nudge
Home owners in the
Seventies sure did not mind the increase in their property values (a result of growth,) but refused to accept the consequences of that growth. Government has been hamstringed ever since trying to educate the populace and maintain and expand infrastructure.