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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (546245)	1/26/2010 6:50:46 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578575

Read this carefully. This law seems reasonable to you?? prop 13: "The proposition's passage resulted in a cap on property tax rates in the state, reducing them by an average of 57%. In addition to lowering property taxes, the initiative also contained language requiring a two-thirds majority in both legislative houses for future increases in all state tax rates or amounts of revenue collected, including income tax rates. It also requires two-thirds vote majority in local elections for local governments wishing to raise special taxes. Proposition 13 received an enormous amount of publicity, not only in California, but throughout the United States.[2]

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (546245)	1/26/2010 9:08:21 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578575

What's wrong with CA is the initiative process enabling the people of CA. That spawned prop 13, which led directly to CA going from the top public school system in America to one that thanks God for Mississippi and Arkansas. The proposition process has spawned it's own industry, and it's how things are done in CA now. Even ARNOLD tried to use it. The ill educated people of CA can't understand any of the propositions, which are deliberately written to confuse and distort. I remember one from when I lived there that was full of double negatives. You had to count them carefully to be sure what side of the issue the proposition was on. You conservatives like to quote that parable about democracy being over when the people realize they can vote themselves money. That describes Prop 13 perfectly.