California is the only state to hide its spending – nearly $300B a year

Re:California is the only state to hide its spending – nearl... by CyberRabbi on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:29AM (#29536942)

> That is incredibly stupid. Someone (single) in Alabama making $40k/year is paying 4.07% effective state income tax rate, in California they are just paying 2.37%.

This actually validates my point. 40K in Alabama goes a lot farther than 40K in California, based on differences in average cost of living. Just look at relative gas prices. Why are you so hostile? You shouldn’t bully fellow commenters on HN.

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Re:California is the only state to hide its spending – nearl... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:44AM (#29537350)

That wasn’t the argument being made. The one stated that higher top tax rates mean higher low tax rates as well is false, the converse is true.

Alabama is nearly last in everything for a good reason. That Californians have a much longer life expectancy (with correspondingly lower obesity rates and fewer health problems) shows that there is more to measuring COL than just what people can buy.

I only pointed out that the assumption that higher top tax rates meant higher bottom tax rates as well is incredibly stupid, if anything, the converse is true (higher top tax rates usually mean lower bottom tax rates, not higher).

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Re:California is the only state to hide its spending – nearl... by CyberRabbi on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:09AM (#29537707)

> The one stated that higher top tax rates mean higher low tax rates as well is false

That actually wasn’t the argument being made. Which I think is why you keep validating my point. You can reread what I wrote to verify.

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