The combined taxes you pay almost equal Western European countries but you get none of that fancy stuff like mass transportation and universal healthcare. Can you imagine if Medical covers everything? There will be a lot more startups. You don’t even get a proper law enforcement. For a city to be hella dope, order must be enforced. Fucking Reagan ruined everything.
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Yeah you get shit roads, subsidize unproductive people and crime, shit public transit, poor urban planning, and more money to politicians and special interest groups
What is the effective tax rate in california?
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Accounting for all tax types, my effective rate is around 53% of my annual income. Around 18% of my total income is taken by CA income/sales/property taxes and other fees. Also, daily living expenses are a lot more. I have a sibling that makes 40% less and lives a much higher quality life. They live in a high tax state, but daily living costs are much lower. We have the same savings rate.
We are helping our fellow minorities to achieve their goals, it is great.
I like to call it sun tax.
Oh people get lots of things - just not unless you're a politician or poor.
You get crazy homeless, robbery, vandalism for you to pay again :(
Read this and will share some more: https://www.cato.org/blog/are-taxes-really-lower-california-texas#
You get expensive houses and homelessness
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