Want a lower state income tax and a lower property tax? Your fellow California taxpayers may start a revolt.
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Do people think this will really happen? I mean good luck–everyone’s busy staring at their iphone.
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Everyone staring at iPhone is good for taxpayer revolt. Information flow is now very cheap and it can be vital.
A taxpayer revolt today can happen on the social media quickly. Someone just needs to get a good proposal on the ballot next year, or in 2020. Media will definitely attack the California tax reduction or limiting proposition, but social media will beat the hell out of the mainstream media and the tax revolt would be done, just like 2016 election.
Too much manipulation from the media has forever changed people’s perception of the media. People are skeptical of the media. The skepticism over the media has disarmed the liberals and their media attack would be useless now. Media can misinform people for a few days, but social media would quickly reveal the truth and cause a reader revolt against the thought controlling media.
It could be easier to pass a bill limiting property tax bill increase to 2% even when property changed hands. This way, new buyers will pay the same property tax as the seller. Since both the poor and the rich own homes, both democrats and republicans own homes, limiting property tax is easy to pass.
If 2% increase during property sale is too much, limiting the property re-assessment jump to no more than 10% at the property sale. This will help the new buyer to reduce the SALT impact, also will help attract young workers to California to pay more tax to help care for boomers and low income residents.
Also make the property tax basis portable when a homeowner moves within California, no age restriction. This will free people so that they can pursue the best opportunities, make the best use of our housing inventory.
Since we are giving benefits to both new homebuyers and the existing homeowners, this proposition can pass easily.
Limiting state income tax could be a little tougher, but you can put a limit on state income tax rate, or limit public pension based on revenue or some other contingencies
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People would have to agree to far less state spending. You can’t lower revenue without cutting spending. States can run deficits the way the federal government can.
I think Californians are morons now. 
Honestly, I think so many people care, but feel like their legislators could care less, so they don’t bother. I for one am currently at that point. jerry Hill’s going to do his thing whether I like it or not.
A tax reduction bill will most likely headed by a citizen, not an elected politician. It will be passed on the ballot, not in Sacramento
The famous Proposition 13 was headed by retired businessman
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I was here during that time and just purchased my first home. Taxes then were high and interest rates were high and got much higher in early 80’s. We need Howard Jarvis types now.
Politicians aren’t going to vote to lower taxes. Who’s going to voluntarily give up power and control? It won’t happen unless citizens demand it and vote accordingly.
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Excuse my English and manners. Taxes are what is making California the best to live in, for now.
Morons, in my world, are people who bitch about anything, but do nothing.
You know, like voting for a __ssy grabbing president calling women’s gender pigs, bleeding somewhere, attacking as a self low esteem guy any women that say anything that matters. Oh, worse than that, women supporting a pervert that could be stalking your 14 year old daughter at the mall.
“Taxes are what is making California the best to live in, for now.”
If you’re a legislator and write your one paycheck.
Man, I love ya buyinghouse, but taxes here suck. But what sucks worse is their mismanagement. CA WOULD be the best place to live in if every $ were spent wisely. Instead 40% goes to education, and we’re ranked really low. If 40% were wisely used, I bet we’d be #1.
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Taxes are spent by people that didn’t earn them…In other words people that are good with money are forced give it to politicians who have no idea how to make money who then give to people than have no ability or interest in working…A system doomed to fail…that will drive out effective workers and then the people left will have no means to support the bloated bureaucracy…like in Cuba which drove out it’s wealthy job creators and it’s middle class…
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Exactly why socialism and communism always fail and people end up starving.
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The only known Communist of modern times playing as I don’t know what, is Putin. And many on this forum are his followers or supporters via voting for his lover in the white house. Bunch of commies in disguise. they just spout nonsense, fail to recognize those who can’t help themselves (unless they lobby the republicans with $) shouldn’t be helped by the government, say…the new tax reform helping those who can’t help themselves, yes, those billionaires needing tax cuts because they are just about to go broke. Bunch of idiots!
Oh well, I guess some people are wanting the Terminator back. He was a republican.
An article from 2009? lol.
Socialism and Communism? LOL…from ages ago. Like the 80s
I can remember when SALT meant Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.
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That too is going away.
It went away years ago when the Russians stopped abiding by it. The only change is the official recognition of this fact.