The legislature can only change this by putting it on the ballot, and the majority of both commercial and residential property owners would face a tax increase. It would never pass. Terms limits might pass, but wouldn't change anything, because no matter who you vote for, you elect a politician and they are all beholden to some sacred cow.
Kinda surprising that those of you who hoot so loudly at the thought of Obama raising taxes are in favor of such a huge tax increase on this issue. Guess the tables are turned when you're the one whose ox is being gored. Too many bovine metaphors in this message. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Why is California protecting one class of citizens over others?" > > The question should be: Why are California legislators protecting one class > of citizens over others? > > Simple. To stay in office, one must protect the sacred cow. > > Term limits might help. Then politicians "might" do the right thing if > their future in office didn't depend on the protecting said sacred cow. > > CA is famous for referendums. Put term limits on the bal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318745 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
