HARD TO BELIEVE: California Politicians, to Citizens: It’s Too Difficult to Tax You. “It is an article of faith among the state’s political class that the two biggest impediments to governability are Proposition 13 (which caps property-tax hikes) and the supermajority rule. To even point out the state’s hysterical government and spending growth, which has not come with any noticeable improvement in services, is to initiate a conversation that many people (journalists, especially) have never held.”