California Cant Afford Republican Backlash Politics »
Posted By idyll 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsUsing Alameda County as an example, Self shows how Howard Jarvis' rhetoric resonated because more and more suburban Californians believed they were being taxed to death to pay for social programs benefiting undeserving people of color in inner cities like Oakland and Los Angeles. They believed they could vote for Prop 13 and cut property taxes without hurting themselves because, in their mind, the tax cuts would force social spending on the inner cities to be cut, but preserve their own suburban services.
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