Revolt of the Haves: Tax Rebellions and Hard Times

Revolt of the Haves is about the great taxpayer revolt of the late 1970s. The national tax revolt spurred by California's Proposition 13 assumed the status of a political watershed, separating the New Deal-Great Society era from a newer, leaner period that found the public far more careful of tax dollars, and increasingly skeptical of the government's competence to solve problems. This sweeping narrative begins with a full recounting of the evolution of Prop 13.