Doesn't Prop 13 also violate the equal protection clause? Why should some guy who has owned his house (of equal value to mine) 20 years longer than me pay less than 1/4th the property taxes?
Because the house is valued [for tax purposes] based on what the owner paid for it.. -- 20 years from now, you too will appreciate that point.
If we let the State set that value, -- the sky becomes the limit.
The true un-'equality' comes when that owner - if a corporation, - never dies or never sells.