Starting in 1977 I was stationed at McClellan AFB and lived off base, as they had piss poor base
housing that was reserved for officers and High ranked NCO's. I was just an E-5.
My off base landlord told me that if I voted for Prop 13 my rent would be reduced.
Prop 13 passed. My rent was reduced by $50 per month. When you make only
$850 per month and have a wife and a kid, that is a BIG deal!
I would have voted for CA prop 13 in any event, but the Landlord shared
the tax break.
Military compensation in the late 70s was horrible by any standards. If you had dependents, planned on having kids, or lived in an area with super-high COLA rates, you might be able to make ends meet. Many military families then qualified for welfare. That's a sad commentary considering what the service members sacrificed.
I entered the military in 1984, the year after Reagan's push to bring military salaries at a minimum inline with private sector jobs. I was lucky in the timing, but still my beginning pay for a 2nd Lt in the USAF was $18K. In 4 years, after I made Captain, it was double that.
As for the letters outlining what will happen under Biden, I see that as an effort to inform and persuade. That's no different than any other political campaign/support agencies. Obama and the Dems sold ACA on a lie of saving money, and I don't see ANYONE in MSM or Congress getting up in arms over that -- even though the bill represents the single largest tax program in US history.