For this reason, cities are sometimes cautious in escalating taxes on out-of-towners.
Proposition 13 has delivered just what Howard Jarvis, its crusty champion, wanted: Older residents are not getting squeezed out of their homes by rapidly escalating taxes.
For all the complaints travelers have been voicing about delayed flights, declining service, crowded planes and invasive security procedures, there has been comparatively little outcry about another trend: escalating taxes on flights, car rentals and hotel stays.
These progressed from escalating taxes and grain-delivery quotas to dispossession of all property and finally to the deportation, by the mid-1930s, of some 100,000 families to Siberia and Kazakhstan.
New York's election results were a striking contrast to last month's vote in New Jersey, where residents rejected a record 58 percent of the school budgets amid anger over escalating taxes and resentment toward teachers' unions for not agreeing to wage freezes or concessions.
Skyrocketing home abandonment, plummeting tax revenues, and escalating taxes reduced population by almost 25%.
The escalating tax debate among Republican presidential candidates ensures the issue won't go away, but it also means any resolution will probably wait until after Election Day 2012.
But the business community, led by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, has made passing the House version of the bill a priority, contending that businesses would benefit greatly from relief from the escalating tax to pay for jobless compensation.
But the business community, led by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, made passing the House version of the bill a priority, contending that businesses would benefit greatly from relief from the escalating tax to pay for jobless compensation.
Switzerland has summoned the Italian ambassador for an explanation of raids on dozens of Swiss banks in Italy, part of an escalating tax dispute between the countries, a Swiss Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Many states, including California and Florida, long ago adopted provisions that cap the amount that a homeowner's property taxes can rise in any given year as a way to shield taxpayers from rapidly escalating tax bills during times of growth.
