Yep.

We used to have the problem of senior citizens having their property taxes jacked up every year to the point that the taxes are almost as high as the original purchase price. Bunch of seniors were ending up losing their houses.

Prop 13 was designed to fix that; and it did, but it also caused a bunch of ‘unintended consequences’.

That brings up a really good point. A lot of the story is Murderbot describing how they are hacking this or that. It could be really tricky handling that on tv in a way that is entertaining.

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I am envisioning one of those mock audition skits now. C3PO, Marvin the depressed robot, Christoper Walkin for some reason, etc… All reading Murderbot lines.

The mental health journey of murderbot is pretty subtle. That would be a pretty easy thing to screw-up.

And since California has Prop 13, i wonder if landowners can sue for the future tax increases for the replacement property? Afterall, that is a direct consequence of the forced sale of the land.

“You are increasing my property taxes forever. So you should be responsible for that increase… forever.”