It would be interesting to know, how much we all pay, including all the various income, sales, property, business taxes, etc.
As noted, they are looking at an income tax increase on people who have already seen increases in various other taxes. So people get frustrated about that, which is understandable.
But just something to think about. We all pay income taxes, Medicare taxes, Social Security taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, property taxes, among others.
And consider all the goods and services you buy from others. How much of your doctor’s bill or the retail sales price of whatever you buy, includes a markup because those business people have their own taxes to pay????
Dig around the Tax Foundation’s website to find state’s tax burden rankings which aggregates all states’ taxes into a percent of income.
Don’t hold me to this, but I recall states average 10.4%.