You're missing the point. Nothing I said negates the fact that people were over-assessed. I'm simply pointing out that the clause in the Michigan constitution makes no sense. Can you let that sink in for a minute?

What is there to say the people wouldn’t have been charged the same amount if assessed at 50% and the city then set a higher tax rate to get the revenue needed?

The 50% assessment cap is meaningless for taxes paid when the rate is just double what it would be at 100% assessment.

I can, but what of it?

I exist at point A, not point B.

I can’t influence point B from A.

Our culture at large refuses to blink from “the hustle.”

What does lingering in ennui and frustration achieve while?

If people want change it’s going to be on the level of quitting jobs en masse and working for each other at both points A and B, because letting outsiders guide agency through market hype is the problem.

You want to make sure a community has enough and is free from people feeling they’re free to treat others however? Go do it.

You want more of the same? Let the JIT machine keep creating bag holders.

This sit and reflect thing is no different than thoughts and prayers.