Posted on 07/20/2010 6:25:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
would you believe that the democrat running for governor of MN is running ads that he’ll raise taxes on the rich?
Man, that Democrat playbook is so old it's moldy.....and yet people STILL keep falling for it......amazing.
Personally, the States could have an income tax ... if the Feds did away with it. It would not be harsh on economic growth then. A true division of labor and power.
Course with a fair tax with the Feds and states participating in taxing the same things then much would be better.
The 23% FairTax rate could be dropped much if entitlements, spending restraint and other things (little things like PORK) were eliminated from the federal budget.
Personally, I'd like to see property taxes abolished at the state and local level.
I think that people also need to look at sales tax and property tax. For instance, Oregon does not have sales tax but some of their property taxes are the highest in the country. Washington County in Oregon use to have the highest property taxes in the country. I don’t know what it is now.
Duuuhhh! All taxes retard economic growth. What is the secret in that? Additional taxes simply retard it more.
In the case of California, taxpayers are moving out and tax users are increasing in numbers.
One of the things that annoys the hell out of me, living in NC, is that they tax EVERYthing. There’s no one single tax that is outrageous unto itself; it’s the cumulative impact of every freakin’ thing you do or buy being taxed.
Texas over PA, oy vey.
Advocating one of the Seven Deadly Sins is a sure way to get elected. Democrats know "Envy" is still the most popular of all.
Interesting that Illinois is actually fairly low on the income tax.
And am I to understand they have no city or locality income tax (as per the foot note)?
I live in Ohio. We actually get hit much harder.
Bump.
thanks to the 150% Medicaid mandate, Obamacare will force all of the yellow states on that map to start charging state income taxes within a few years
Well, like we didn’t know this. Generally speaking, those states who representation are overshadowed by big urban cities seem to experience the worst taxation. This goes hand in hand with the Dems wet dream to abolish the electoral college and go to a strictly popular vote for President. Basically the vampire urbans have pretty much bankrupted their own states and wish to colonize the rural states to keep the cash flowing. It takes a lot of other peoples money to keep Chicago progressing.
Good point. Although not one of the “big seven” fear is another tactic they use ad nauseam...
But look at the sales tax in Chicago - over 10%!!! I've read that when sales taxes start hitting double-digits, smuggling and other tax-avoidance fraud starts becoming a real problem. They are probably not doing themselves any favors jacking it up that high.
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