又在扯 Prop 13 了。如果你经历过当年的疯狂，你就会明白。（我敢保证你肯定是在 Howard Jarvis 写出《I'm Mad as Hell!》之后才出生的。每年税都在涨。每年政客们都把这些钱挥霍在自己的面子工程上。中产阶层居民害怕报税日。我曾见过我爸哭过一次，没错，就是当……
Here we go again on Prop 13. If you lived through the madness, you would understand. (I can guarantee you were born after, I'm Mad as Hell!, by Howard Jarvis. Every year taxes went up. Every year politicians squandered away that money on pet projects. Middle class residents feared tax day. I saw my dad cry once, and yes it was when…
……等我真去试的时候，幻想全破灭了。规划部门那位和善的女士说，申请特例许可（variance）的钱我收下了，但说实话——他们从来就没批过。我小时候 Howard Jarvis 写了一本书，叫《I'm Mad as Hell》。当时我爸刚拿到熟练电工证（journeyman electrician），每年我爸看房产税账单的时候，看着那些不断往上涨的数字，他简直恶心透顶。每年他们都在收钱，……
…were shattered when I tried. The kind lady at the planning department, said I'll take your money for the variance, but honestly-- they never approve. When I was a kid Howard Jarvis wrote a book, called I'm Mad as Hell. My father was a new journeyman electrician, and when my father would look at that property tax bill yearly. My father was beyond disgusted looking at those rising numbers. Every year they took money,…
…to remember pre-prop 13, but waste was so much. Every year, no matter how much they took in in taxes, it was spent the following year, according to my father. (That's why Jarvis wrote a book called, I'm Mad as Hell. I have an autographed copy someone threw away.) During the drought in the 70's ranchers were trucked in water, as a political favor. (I actually don't mind this one). Politicians were bought off legally…
又在扯 Prop 13 了。如果你经历过当年的疯狂，你就会明白。（我敢保证你肯定是在 Howard Jarvis 写出《I'm Mad as Hell!》之后才出生的。每年税都在涨。每年政客们都把这些钱挥霍在自己的面子工程上。中产阶层居民害怕报税日。我曾见过我爸哭过一次，没错，就是当……
Here we go again on Prop 13. If you lived through the madness, you would understand. (I can guarantee you were born after, I'm Mad as Hell!, by Howard Jarvis. Every year taxes went up. Every year politicians squandered away that money on pet projects. Middle class residents feared tax day. I saw my dad cry once, and yes it was when…
……等我真去试的时候，幻想全破灭了。规划部门那位和善的女士说，申请特例许可（variance）的钱我收下了，但说实话——他们从来就没批过。我小时候 Howard Jarvis 写了一本书，叫《I'm Mad as Hell》。当时我爸刚拿到熟练电工证（journeyman electrician），每年我爸看房产税账单的时候，看着那些不断往上涨的数字，他简直恶心透顶。每年他们都在收钱，……
…were shattered when I tried. The kind lady at the planning department, said I'll take your money for the variance, but honestly-- they never approve. When I was a kid Howard Jarvis wrote a book, called I'm Mad as Hell. My father was a new journeyman electrician, and when my father would look at that property tax bill yearly. My father was beyond disgusted looking at those rising numbers. Every year they took money,…
……还记得 Prop 13 出台前，但浪费实在太严重了。据我父亲说，每年不管收了多少税，下一年全给花光。（这就是为什么 Jarvis 写了本叫《I'm Mad as Hell》的书。我还有一本捡来的签名版。）在 70 年代大旱期间，牧场主被运送专用水车送水，作为政治人情。（其实这事我倒不反感）。政客们被合法收买……
…to remember pre-prop 13, but waste was so much. Every year, no matter how much they took in in taxes, it was spent the following year, according to my father. (That's why Jarvis wrote a book called, I'm Mad as Hell. I have an autographed copy someone threw away.) During the drought in the 70's ranchers were trucked in water, as a political favor. (I actually don't mind this one). Politicians were bought off legally…