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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by nradov on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:11PM (#35978291)
One of the main reasons behind Proposition 13 was to constrain rapid growth of local government expenses, and it has been effective in that. We do need to reform it so that the tax burden is distributed more fairly, but I won't vote for ending it without some guarantees on limiting government spending.
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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by triceratops on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @11:38PM (#35983921)
How do places without something like Prop 13 constrain the rapid growth of local government expenses?

Why is limiting government expenditure a goal in and of itself? If the government is able to raise enough tax money to support that spending, and voters agree with it, why shouldn't the government spend more?

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