Tax Revolt: Something for Nothing in CaliforniaA tax revolt almost as momentous as the Boston Tea Party erupted in California in 1978. Its reverberations are still being felt, yet no one is quite sure what general lessons can be drawn from observing its course. this book is an in-depth study of this most recent and notable taxpayer's rebellion: Howard Jarvis and Proposition 13, the Gann measure of 1979, and Proposition (Jarvis II) of 1980. |
Contents
Opinions about Taxes and Spending | 43 |
The Vote and the Tax Revolt Schema | 73 |
The Social Base | 96 |
The ProRevolt Interests | 111 |
The AntiRevolt Interests | 142 |
Symbolic Predispositions | 163 |
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