NONSENSE!
2015
Total IRS Collections:
California: $405,851,295,000
U.S.: $3,283,920,138,000
Census:
California: 38,993,940
U.S.: 320,896,618
Collections/Population
California: $10,408
U.S.: $10,234
It’s exactly, what I said!
Income has nothing whatsoever to do with my statement about average taxes being the same, but in any case the fact is, average income is higher than average in California. Their minimum wage is about 50% higher than the federal minimum wage. Are you actually disputing that? Do you have a single source that says otherwise? I certainly would like to see that!
And what do illegal criminal aliens suddenly have to with this? Their unreported income or unreported income from anyone has absolutely nothing to do with revenue being collected by the IRS!
You are completely missing my point... you are asserting that CA as a whole is not paying their fair share, while I am stating that individual Californians are paying more in taxes than an individual in a similar position elsewhere. Both can be true. The mortgage interest and SALT deductions are a back door cost of living adjustment to taxable income. As far as the statistics, I was making a point about sloppy methods mixing the use of mean and median values to shape results to desired outcome. I brought illegal aliens into it, because I, like you, consider them to be invaders rather than “undocumented immigrants”. Thus, their presence in great numbers in CA lowers that IRS revenue per capita you quote... even more so when you consider their kids.