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and being unle to paei oper taxills a y h p ou't pr rn t er. the government is particularly unforgiving of tax bills. historically the property tax ventseicavee way tt local ed whra of services including education. that has been the largest brain. all levels ofduon ucnactasre scrthatctor camoeoaropax is have gone?o ppl

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wi ne a bill to pay. so folks, elderly, people in woinasighoor midd-cla neibods w paul ht,bl gad. aenou lo oeople don't realize suburban communities are communities. they are organized. there areomwn e nionat petitioned and protested and eventually put on conditns -- petitions to get ta reduction inittion the ballot in fo andnth ss inl vace albusiness, mom and pop orng-css heos.dle-class leaders

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win the leadership, sometimes property related business, landninguss ls tee p ve e s th movement as well as well as the wealthy homeowners and provided a ready-mad leadership. if you think about some ohe intest ou apennefhe personal property developers. very well-organized. anytime they have to get zoning approved they have to go through local government. they are familiar ith l he cucedhe th cost of that leadership posion was switching the relief from the peoe that reallyeeit, ppl

rkclhonehoer coloheir home by not being able to pay, the locus of relief and this tes to hn ll pstmont eash tp threealthy and paying a very high tax rate. you see the same with capital gain and the income tax, t x reef en up beg taed tth s as a more grassroots movement on the concerns o dinary middle-class people being hit by xe th learshifa. rdo eeou adipus gti th fts dot the time. it gets the zoning and special

tax breaks. they know what t do. andnateomef wasn't of the same -- the leadership didn't have the same backing as the elite leadership soeleramhifts. thelift biggest slice was two thirds, atseblindu inesses. liiahrghhe country ever since. california struggled since proposition 13 which merely reduced everything. public educatn h ried

, eresmmy eg u be a strong educational system ranked top of the cotry california. they fell dn anow athe kiofhat coming in. english is a second lauage. this is very expensive. the money isn't there. thpereunrsvee tdyisou coelathe property tax for homeowners. if you just did oyhat and 'tucr es at wtiav finance public services that ddle-class people need to,

middle-class people need educatnal services and s oton r te st bauf reductions for business the money isn't there and necessary services for small homeoers and lesspl are linde becu ba al i because of very unnecessary, large tax relief was given to bunesses. x.u see this wh co t fheory. particularly the capital gains tax reduction, inheritance tax, lf-- tth otheh

the very top slice. they got all the tax relief. and then government if you bail those folks outhoeay d't coo y.he doave n'vencay.ey rich people have the income to pay. that is why ey are rich. they don't need it. bubecau all thef cey icedal vernnt and state, local, everyone is in the same position. features and libraries closed. at tndthe y my ac lofoho thvett aa buhe ato be taught. the money isn't there. the middle class has to learn what it's interest really is.

iryat bse at lo o at alesin involve the government, involved policy but are really important to the overall staard of living. housing and health ce. th tng aeryxp buryic tat tnk .f me-s daf rdor me s get what it wants, prosper and live a decent stdard of life, itase of tsesso usanesra and los and so forth, that it gets a fair shake. more and more people are falling ouof the middle class, heed ununy e ols

bepula1% that tend to reinforce the polarization. the middle-class has got to fire out the oppositthg whicho istsf thh cyt t as they made that fatal compromise of just acceptg polic leadships is al irosf cpa fiind l d a n'xpt liti leadership as it is. that ileadership for the 1%. you need to fight for yr own 99% leadership and thatil er inovernmt forinformation on booktv's recent visit to jefferson city and many other cities visited by hour of local content vehicl

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