Here's your "I'm Stupid" sign.....

[martini]

308Mike
I have been saying that for YEARS. If the state has to take care of you like a child you should be treated like a child. ie no decision making authority.

[Dub_James]

I guess building more houses would be out of the question...

As will more Nuclear reactors. Expect Dems to rail against the evils of oil while they put nothing in it's place.

[George guy]

When the Republic falters under the weight of its own obesity, maybe it's time us Sith got off our backsides.

[FelixEstrella]

Hey! Look at the silver lining. Chances are her life won't change one iota, but she will no longer be able to blame whitey and "Da Man" for her failure.

[FelixEstrella]

(Current leftist dogma here is to raise the cost of living in houses with property taxes, so elderly people cant afford to stay in their lifelong homes, and thereby freeing up more homes to more "productive" members of society, which the government then helps with the costs. And I'm not making this up, this is what one of their leaders actually said was intended policy in an interview. )

CA-style Prop. 13 (limits increases in home assessed values to 2% per year) for all. Come to think of it, maybe Californians aren't that stupid.

[Erik]

(Current leftist dogma here is to raise the cost of living in houses with property taxes, so elderly people cant afford to stay in their lifelong homes, and thereby freeing up more homes to more "productive" members of society, which the government then helps with the costs. And I'm not making this up, this is what one of their leaders actually said was intended policy in an interview. )

CA-style Prop. 13 (limits increases in home assessed values to 2% per year) for all. Come to think of it, maybe Californians aren't that stupid.

Here there are two different values of houses. It's the market value, which is what the house is worth if you sell it, and then it's the "taxation value", which is what the government says it is.
It's based on the assumed market value, but then adjusted with a formula consisting on when it was built, how big, how many rooms, when was the last remodeling, how old are the appliances, what kind of heating, is it in a scenic view, close to water, etc... So even if the market value stays the same, they can easily adjust one of those values, add a new value, or just raise the property tax rate.
Any improvement you make on your house will result in the tax going up, and should you happen to have a house in an area that's becoming popular so prices on the houses next to you go up, your tax will go up too.

There's been elderly people that has lived in their houses for several decades that has been forced to move because their property tax doubled without them doing anything.