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The gross receipts tax policy is from Proposition C. So decided by SF residents, not legislators.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18065086/san-francisco-prop-c-...

If you say to residents, ‘tax the rich’ without providing much background, of course you’ll get their vote. Legislators are responsible for making the messaging clear and fair.

At the same time, the voting public should also be smarter than this

That would be nice but it never works out that way.

Those who are not smart enough to see it -- ought to face the consequences.

Besides, the same voters elect the legislators, so the blame is totally on voters.

> you say to residents, ‘tax the rich’ without providing much background, of course you’ll get their vote

This shifts too much responsibility off voters. Not every voting population is so predictably simple.

It would be a good study to see how informed the average voter is especially when it comes down to local elections and not national.

> would be a good study to see how informed the average voter is

Genuine question: how would you measure this?

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