“Californians would face the largest net tax increase, at $12.1 billion in 2027 alone.... used to partly fund the tax cuts flowing to other parts of the country.” https://itep.org/house-tax-plan-offers-an-exceptionally-bad-deal-for-california-new-york-new-jersey-and-maryland/ …
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We’re a more urban, denser state and we’re a knowledge based economy. It inherently means that we need more shared infrastructure (public transit, higher education) to operate this than a sparsely populated state.
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We are also already a net donor state that pays more in taxes to the federal government than we get back in benefits. http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/2 …
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I don’t really know that much, but pointing out it’s a dual tiered system. Some states have no income tax, yet somehow they fund their programs. US taxes has been always a mystery to me since you you still pay medium % while getting almost no visible benefits in return
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They usually have high property or sales taxes in comparison. Texas has high property taxes. Washington is willing to have one of the most regressive tax systems in the country with high sales taxes (which penalize the poor). It always get made up for in some other way.
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