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Re:VMware Cuts Pay for Remote Workers Fleeing Silicon Valley by wahern on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:55AM (#24449942)
> I live in Massachusetts and we have a substantially lower overall tax burden

Not according to https://taxfoundation.org/state-local-tax-collections-per-ca... (state+local per capita) or https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/state-collections-... (state only per capita).

This table has a breakdown of state revenues: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/stc/tables/2019/FY2... I don't see any significant revenue sources, relative to sales or income taxes, that might offset the burden per individual. And in California corporate taxes make up 14% of state revenue, but only 10% in Massachusetts.

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Re:VMware Cuts Pay for Remote Workers Fleeing Silicon Valley by thehappypm on Saturday September 12, 2020 @08:21AM (#24451895)
Revenues isn’t a great way to look at it, because that is heavily skewed by average income. A better metric is Tax Burden percentage, which basically combines all tax sources. California is higher than MA by .5%. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tax-burden-...
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