I was against it then, and I'm still against it. Governor Brown was against it, but after it passed he knew he had to make it work. I don't know ANY grannies that got taxed out of their homes. I do know of a lot of corporations that now don't have to pay their fair share of property taxes due to their zombie-like quality of never dying…
Many people still don't realize that Prop 13 was a yuge benefit to bidness, which buys and sells real estate much less frequently than homeowners.
And yes, if the grannies were going to lose their homes it would have been simple enough to modify the existing system to provide an old age or low income exemption or deductible.
Property tax is the only wealth tax we have in the US&A, and the more property people have, the more they hate it.
I have multiple properties in several states, and even though I can only live in one place at a time, I gladly pay taxes because I don't like to be surrounded by dumbth, which can be remedied by publicly funded schools…
you've been around this state longer than I have, do tell. I've got friends here who went to Cal in the 1960s and when they tell me how much they paid in tuition, I weep.
I'm sure California's history and issues go way beyond prop 13
I'm not saying that a significant number of boomers didn't vote for Prop 13, but it was definitely written by members of a previous generation. Indeed, Howard Jarvis was born in 1903, Paul Gann in 1912. Most of us had just been given the right to vote a few years before!
I was against it then, and I'm still against it. Governor Brown was against it, but after it passed he knew he had to make it work. I don't know ANY grannies that got taxed out of their homes. I do know of a lot of corporations that now don't have to pay their fair share of property taxes due to their zombie-like quality of never dying…
Many people still don't realize that Prop 13 was a yuge benefit to bidness, which buys and sells real estate much less frequently than homeowners.
And yes, if the grannies were going to lose their homes it would have been simple enough to modify the existing system to provide an old age or low income exemption or deductible.
Property tax is the only wealth tax we have in the US&A, and the more property people have, the more they hate it.
I have multiple properties in several states, and even though I can only live in one place at a time, I gladly pay taxes because I don't like to be surrounded by dumbth, which can be remedied by publicly funded schools…
The Baby Boomers didn't invent the "I've got mine" mentality, but they sure knew how to get it implemented.
*note, not all babby boomers think this way. See weej and biff above as counterexamples.
Ahem, that "49" in my handle isn't just a reference to an obscure Thomas Pynchon novel.
Sorry about that. Ahem: "christ, you're fucking old"
Davvero.
No, that was our parents skullduggery.
you've been around this state longer than I have, do tell. I've got friends here who went to Cal in the 1960s and when they tell me how much they paid in tuition, I weep.
I'm sure California's history and issues go way beyond prop 13
I'm not saying that a significant number of boomers didn't vote for Prop 13, but it was definitely written by members of a previous generation. Indeed, Howard Jarvis was born in 1903, Paul Gann in 1912. Most of us had just been given the right to vote a few years before!