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You clearly didnt read it.
Shocking.
I take it back. I was looking for more than a one liner in the article but it actually does mention prop 13. Laughably so, but it does. (and, yes, I read thru it quickly the first time)
Jerry Brown was governor when Californians passed Proposition 13, ostensibly an anti-tax measure but in reality a fundamental constitutional change with vast, and mostly unforeseen, consequences. It led to hundreds of ballot measures as citizens increasingly legislated directly and in tense competition with their own representatives.
It mentions "mostly unforeseen consequences" and goes on to mention exactly none of them. California pays the 10th highest property tax IN THE UNION!!! Would 9th make it better? First maybe?
When I argue against the tax and spenders or the pro union crowd I remind them (again, ref fact sheet) that there is PLENTY of water going into the bucket that represents our state's budget but there are too many holes and many of those too large, in the bottom of the bucket that the liberal left, the unions and Jerry Brown himself (who is also labeled as the responsible party for the influx of propositions in your paper thin article, btw) don't want to address.
Here's a good read for ya.......(along with almost anything David Crane's written in the last year regarding California's budget woes).......
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2117244,00.html
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