01-30-2022, 08:34 PM
(01-30-2022, 09:01 AM)David Horn Wrote:(01-29-2022, 01:27 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Howard Jarvis’s 1978 ballot initiative, Proposition 13, changed everything in the nation. “The First Angry Man” unpacks the campaign that slashed property taxes in California and launched a nationwide tax revolt that continues unabated today. In the 40 years since Proposition 13, the nation has witnessed historic growth in economic inequality and the unraveling of America’s safety net.
'They' say that California always leads the way, for good or ill. Look close to home for the next iteration in the American saga.
The only good that comes from being at the bottom: everything's up from here. Things will get better eventually if not soon.
Wasn’t California also the first, or at least one of the first, to implement a nearly universal indoor smoking ban statewide?