"It's very nice for Larry Stone if he's paying only $3,000 a year in property taxes on a $3.8 million home. I'm guessing he has a very nice pension, too. However, property taxes are a significant burden on other seniors like me, who pay more than five times as much on a much cheaper house, and with a limited fixed income. In fact, my Social Security income isn't even sufficient to cover my property taxes."
"When "money is speech," everyday people don't have deep enough pockets to say very much. Out-of-state billionaires, corporations and even foreign interests can target any campaign, large or small. Proposition 50 divided Californians, but polling shows most of us agree on getting money out of politics. My fellow Californians, I urge you to ask your representatives to co-sponsor a 28th constitutional amendment to put the people back in control of our republic."
Many seniors on fixed incomes face disproportionate property-tax burdens that exceed their Social Security income, while wealthier homeowners pay far less relative to property value. Fear and responsibility cascade through schools: teachers fear principals and administrators, administrators fear school boards, boards fear parents, parents fear students, and students fear nothing. Election spending has ballooned since Buckley v. Valeo, exemplified by Proposition 50’s more than $170 million in campaign spending, allowing billionaires, corporations, and foreign interests to dominate political speech. Polling shows broad support for reducing money in politics and for a proposed Twenty-eighth Amendment to limit such influence.
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