Posted on 04/23/2018 7:49:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Then voting for politicians that promise more spending leading to higher taxes?
And note: The states with the highest tax burdens are also states with massive unfunded State worker pension obligations ready to melt down. Any attempt to raise taxes to deal with this will simply increase the flight from these states. They are in a death spiral.
Liberal utopian overlords are nothing but overpaid Jello squeezers with too much grip.
ping for later (later being this afternoon and also my senior years)
Overall Rank |
State |
Total Tax Burden |
Property Tax Burden |
Individual Income Tax Burden |
Total Sales & Excise Tax Burden |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York | 13.04% | 4.62% | 4.78% | 3.64% |
2 | Hawaii | 11.57% | 2.20% | 2.85% | 6.52% |
3 | Maine | 11.02% | 4.80% | 2.69% | 3.53% |
4 | Vermont | 10.94% | 5.20% | 2.32% | 3.42% |
5 | Minnesota | 10.37% | 3.00% | 3.70% | 3.67% |
6 | Connecticut | 10.19% | 4.17% | 3.34% | 2.68% |
7 | Rhode Island | 10.14% | 4.70% | 2.31% | 3.13% |
8 | Illinois | 10.08% | 4.11% | 2.44% | 3.53% |
9 | New Jersey | 10.02% | 5.12% | 2.46% | 2.44% |
10 | California | 9.57% | 2.66% | 3.65% | 3.26% |
11 | Ohio | 9.48% | 2.90% | 2.71% | 3.87% |
12 | Maryland | 9.45% | 2.77% | 3.92% | 2.76% |
13 | West Virginia | 9.40% | 2.43% | 2.87% | 4.10% |
14 | Iowa | 9.32% | 3.43% | 2.50% | 3.39% |
14 | Mississippi | 9.32% | 2.80% | 1.72% | 4.80% |
16 | Wisconsin | 9.26% | 3.52% | 2.67% | 3.07% |
17 | Nebraska | 9.17% | 3.83% | 2.39% | 2.95% |
18 | Massachusetts | 9.03% | 3.60% | 3.40% | 2.03% |
19 | Arkansas | 8.99% | 1.79% | 2.29% | 4.91% |
20 | New Mexico | 8.94% | 2.03% | 1.75% | 5.16% |
21 | Kentucky | 8.79% | 2.03% | 3.16% | 3.60% |
22 | North Dakota | 8.69% | 2.20% | 1.28% | 5.21% |
23 | Pennsylvania | 8.66% | 2.98% | 2.56% | 3.12% |
24 | Indiana | 8.56% | 2.33% | 2.33% | 3.90% |
25 | Kansas | 8.54% | 3.07% | 1.66% | 3.81% |
26 | Michigan | 8.53% | 3.21% | 2.18% | 3.14% |
27 | Louisiana | 8.43% | 2.03% | 1.49% | 4.91% |
28 | Oregon | 8.38% | 3.17% | 4.10% | 1.11% |
29 | Utah | 8.36% | 2.46% | 2.66% | 3.24% |
30 | North Carolina | 8.32% | 2.30% | 2.70% | 3.32% |
31 | Arizona | 8.21% | 2.62% | 1.39% | 4.20% |
31 | Nevada | 8.21% | 2.23% | 0.00% | 5.98% |
33 | Texas | 8.15% | 3.70% | 0.00% | 4.45% |
33 | Washington | 8.15% | 2.66% | 0.00% | 5.49% |
35 | Colorado | 8.10% | 2.67% | 2.26% | 3.17% |
36 | Georgia | 8.09% | 2.75% | 2.31% | 3.03% |
37 | Wyoming | 8.03% | 4.17% | 0.00% | 3.86% |
38 | Missouri | 7.95% | 2.34% | 2.42% | 3.19% |
39 | South Carolina | 7.88% | 2.91% | 1.97% | 3.00% |
40 | Idaho | 7.87% | 2.48% | 2.30% | 3.09% |
41 | Virginia | 7.77% | 2.92% | 2.73% | 2.12% |
42 | Montana | 7.64% | 3.55% | 2.69% | 1.40% |
43 | Alabama | 7.24% | 1.41% | 1.86% | 3.97% |
44 | South Dakota | 7.22% | 2.90% | 0.00% | 4.32% |
45 | Oklahoma | 7.17% | 1.54% | 1.89% | 3.74% |
46 | New Hampshire | 7.07% | 5.60% | 0.13% | 1.34% |
47 | Florida | 6.64% | 2.72% | 0.00% | 3.92% |
48 | Tennessee | 6.47% | 2.05% | 0.11% | 4.31% |
49 | Delaware | 5.68% | 1.82% | 2.70% | 1.16% |
50 | Alaska | 4.94% | 3.54% | 0.00% | 1.40% |
The problem is many of those who leave are hypocritical or myopic Leftists who having fouled their own nests move to other states and immediately start voting for the very same policies that caused them to have to move in the first place.
Mixed blessing. Higher representation in the legislature, but leftist bleed-over with their imported politics.
People are so stupid it hurts. Yes, a portion of thid exodus consists of conservatives fleeing their ravaged home states. But many are idiot liberals who, having intentionally moved to a low tax state, will immediately set to work making their new state feel like home.
Sounds fair, no?
/s
Unfortunately, even conservatives (relatively) who migrate bring a small measure of their nanny-state expectations with them, many times unwittingly. A Massachusetts "conservative" is more comparable to a Texas "moderate."
Sadly, they are probably bringing their so-called “progressivism” with them.
It is an inherent defect that progressives cannot see that they are the ones regressing from real advancement in matters of Liberty, politics and economics and that they have been since the beginning.
News Flash! In Obama care or any other government run healthcare system, the people are an expense when under 18 and over 50.
A serious moment aside: if States like New York could find a way to transfer some the cost of their so-called “progressivism” over to the federal, say by making State Taxes deductible, and make all the several States foot the bill don’t you think they would in a heart beat?
*nudge*wink*
That’s what liberals do best.
Alaska - expensive, cold and isolated.
As a bonus, Anchorage is rated one of the most violent cites in the US. (per capita, of course)
Unemployment is 2X the National average, so if you move here, bring lots of money....jobs are hard to come by.
They find another nest to foul.
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