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icantfindaname posted:They didn't freeze taxes for the rich, they froze taxes for middle class white Republican homeowners (who then became rich because they didn't have to pay any property tax). These things are fundamentally related. The people who will benefit from property tax freezes are not the poor, it's people who own property I'm not super familiar with the specifics of Prop 13, but doesn't it freeze taxes for the rich on the business side of things? I thought there was an issue with business using shady practices when transferring ownership of real estate to keep the tax rates super low. Of course that still doesn't change the fact that the poor get nothing out of it.
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icantfindaname posted:By definition those people aren't as poor as the poorest, so what is the problem exactly with them paying property tax? Like I said, if they're forced out by gentrification they're not necessarily being forced into lovely housing. The only real problem I see is people like the janitors, line cooks, bus drivers, ect. getting priced out of anywhere near the places where they work and the time and transportation costs they have to pay to get their jobs. Frankly I find the stuff about the 'character' of neighborhoods to be pretty unompelling, though I guess in an idealized world everyone could afford to live in whatever rad neighborhood they liked.
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