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DeminPennswoods

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16. State governments get their money one way or the other

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #15)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:17 AM

Aug 2019

States that have no income tax usually have high sales taxes or personal property tax or property taxes or fees for every government service and so on.

Here in Pennsylvania, we have a flat personal income tax (few deductions and you have to an extremely low income to qualify to pay no state income tax) of 3.01%. There is no tax on retirement income. The business tax is relatively high, but few businesses pay it. Our 6-8% (depending on where you live) sounds scary, but it isn't applied to food, clothes and a other miscellaneous things.

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WTF is going on with the Texas (R) Congress members retiring? [View all] rufus dog Aug 2019 OP

I live in Chino Hills Bluesaph Aug 2019 #1

Did your district turn blue? rufus dog Aug 2019 #3

They don't want to run 'with' trump, be seen as/required to support him; elleng Aug 2019 #2

But the ones in the OC who lost in 2018 never backed off the tRump support. rufus dog Aug 2019 #4

TODAY is different, elleng Aug 2019 #5

Hurd was not a typical TX Republican DFW Aug 2019 #7

I'd say.... HotRod Deluxe Aug 2019 #6

Couple of observations about the state I live in JCMach1 Aug 2019 #8

+1, in mid cities DFW Red Don's SALT caps screwed people big time. Red Don's middle class tax ... uponit7771 Aug 2019 #11

Sometimes gerrymandering backfires. tanyev Aug 2019 #9

There are actual mathematical formulas Gothmog Aug 2019 #13

Yes, I lived in Texas and taxes hit Texas hard too because of the SALT caps. Texas land owners pay.. uponit7771 Aug 2019 #10

Texas is turning blue due to demographics-Texas is an overwhelmingly urban/suburban state, Gothmog Aug 2019 #12

I hope there is a big blue wave across Texas IronLionZion Aug 2019 #14

I had some job opportunities in the Houston area back 2010-2013 NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #15

State governments get their money one way or the other DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #16

Thanks to you and all the others for the detail rufus dog Aug 2019 #17

By comparison NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #18

They think they are going to lose. ooky Aug 2019 #19