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Re:California lawmakers have tried for 50 years to fix the s... by amacbride on Monday December 25, 2017 @07:08AM (#16003840)
Only if salaries are forced to scale with the increase in property taxes; rapid increases to the point of unaffordability were one of the reasons the law was enacted in the first place.
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Re:California lawmakers have tried for 50 years to fix the s... by suppressingfire on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:20PM (#16006696)
There were lots of states with similar problems in the 70s. Others solved it better (e.g., NY Star program that helps specific classes of people that need help). Prop 13 was a chainsaw solution to something that needed a scalpel.
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