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Because they want to kill the precedent
Yeah, I get that, but still... even if it fails there's nothing stopping us from trying again in a couple more years. It's not like it's legal precedent where they can argue in court as to why they shouldn't have to pay their fair share of taxes.
Have you seen 'Murica?
An obsolete document that has been amended repeatedly is now held up as some unchangeable and sacred thing, despite the fact that the dicks who wrote it never intended for it to thus
And' Muricans are lazy. There will be no next time, because someone will just say "it was tried, and it failed" and everyone will just shrug their shoulders, the way they always do
The whole of the US is running on a completely rotten foundation. Their sacred constitution is no more than a fig leaf to hide that the basic rules of this country are not up to the task of providing a stable basis. And their civil religion prevents anyone trying to fix the mess to succeed, because it is akin to blasphemy.
Agreed
Isn't there also a vote for blocking future wealth taxes?
Yes, that's either Prop 41 or Prop 42, I can't remember exactly off the top of my head. If Prop 40 fails we can just try again next time, but if either of those other two pass, they nullify a yes vote on 40 because they change the constitution to prevent new taxes from being levied on wealth.
Hopefully people aren't dumb enough to fall for it, but looking at the news reels, I feel like the propaganda is taking hold in people who would otherwise be in favor of taxing billionaires because they're stoking fears that it opens the floodgates for politicians to come after 401ks and pensions (who honestly gets a pension anymore?)