Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra...
by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:01AM
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Blue collar worker in non-income tax state that doesn't own property and has 2-3 kids is probably going to be around 12-15% overall. That's a pretty small subset of the country, 2-3 states or so. If you use the same book of tricks (i.e. ignore a myriad of local taxes and taxes collected on goods sold) that people around here typically use when trying to make certain high tax states look not too out of line with the national average then huge swaths of the south and midwest would be included.
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Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra...
by jdhn on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:16AM
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>If you use the same book of tricks (i.e. ignore a myriad of local taxes and taxes collected on goods sold) that people around here typically use when trying to make certain high tax states look not too out of line with the national average
It really irks me when people do that. They also conveniently leave out items such as the average cost of electricity or gas prices.
Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra...
by jandrewrogers on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:31PM
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There are 8-9 states without income tax, not 2-3.
Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra...
by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @02:19PM
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Some of those have other taxes that are high to make up for it hence why I said the number where the all things considered tax burden is down at 12ish percent is probably low single digits.