The more I learn about California, the more I think educational, homelessness, affordability problems all stem from key decisions in the 70s
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
SF GDP is 2x of Finland and SF lacks working public transportation and free healthcare and unis. Avg income tax in Finland 30%
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Replying to @toldjuuso
our income tax is pretty high. We're 13.3% state income on top of 39.6% federal at the top brackets.http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-bernie-sanders-tax-revenue-20160502-story.html …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Geologically CA and Finland are quite the same, which (with the above) makes me wonder where all the money in SF is going.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Progressive. Here’s sheet of its development (header is income per month, cells total income tax %): https://www.veronmaksajat.fi/luvut/laskelmat/palkansaajan-tuloveroprosentin-kehitys/ …
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Replying to @toldjuuso
how are states and cities funded? Cities in CA are highly restricted bc of laws we passed in the 1970s and 90s.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Theres no states, no city taxes. Municipals receive large chunk of the income tax. Rest goes to govpic.twitter.com/f5uUYAPHo1
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so our cities are very tax restricted, and most everything flows through the state
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