WRONG again!
1: I stated that residents in California paid about the same in taxes as the rest of the country.
2: I also mentioned in a separate statement that the median household income in California was significantly more than the rest of the country.
If you have facts, that disagree with either of those of two statements then feel free to share them. I know you won’t, because they don’t exist!
In any case, here is per capita income numbers from the FRED, and indeed California is still significantly higher!
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CAPCPI
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A792RC0A052NBEA
Any more stupid arguments?
Sure... ignore where I point out errors in your statements or methods, throw out an insult or two, then make a new argument or bring out a new source of data. The BEA PCPI estimates from the FRED are a completely
different beast than what you’ve been citing before (Census Bureau estimates based on data from the annual American Community Survey... the ~$65k median household income for CA you originally used). That same data shows CA per capita income for 2015 as $31,587 vs $29,979 for the U.S. as a whole (~5% higher). On the surface, that appears to support your assertions, and if the age/family demographics of every state were statistically identical, it would. However, while the Per capita income of CA is 5% higher than the national average, the mean family size (2010 Census data) is 10% larger in California (3.45) than the national average (3.14). Surely some of that difference is due to California being a younger state, with a corresponding higher percentage of minors under 15 not contributing at all to tax receipts. I fully expect that you will again ignore any salient points I’ve made and respond with a few insults... congrats.