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  • Article VII, Sec I of the state constitution says

    “All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax…”

    So taxes on things need to be uniform (so, like, 2.5% on ALL property or ALL Doritos).

    The voters approved a bracketed state income tax back in the day, but a lawsuit from it basically said “income is property.” So they could probably do a flat tax on income, but those are stupid.

    But that same article also says “All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax…” and pure value doesn’t constitute a different class.

    That’s basically what I remember backed up by two searches on Google, so sorry if I’m wrong.