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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1000956" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>And what you aren't seeing is that companies have left high tax states not only for lower tax states but also moved overseas. This left people without jobs who often then moved to lower tax states where there are jobs. This further reduces the higher tax states' revenue base. They are no longer there paying state income or county property taxes. Doesn't mean everyone left, just enough that it makes it difficult for high tax states and counties and cities to be able to pay the high pay and great benefits to their gov't employees. Meanwhile in states like Texas all those new people have generated need for housing, food, clothes, etc which also produces more tax income. Thus lower tax states ARE doing better, while cities in California are declaring bankruptcy and California itself is in serious trouble. Google things like highest property tax states and you'll see the difficulty people are in trying to make ends meet in certain parts of the country. I forget who said "taxes are the price we pay for good government" but you can't keep heaping it on people and not expect something to give at some point. We're at that point, and playing the blame game isn't going to help the people struggling to keep their homes or save for their future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1000956, member: 24302"] And what you aren't seeing is that companies have left high tax states not only for lower tax states but also moved overseas. This left people without jobs who often then moved to lower tax states where there are jobs. This further reduces the higher tax states' revenue base. They are no longer there paying state income or county property taxes. Doesn't mean everyone left, just enough that it makes it difficult for high tax states and counties and cities to be able to pay the high pay and great benefits to their gov't employees. Meanwhile in states like Texas all those new people have generated need for housing, food, clothes, etc which also produces more tax income. Thus lower tax states ARE doing better, while cities in California are declaring bankruptcy and California itself is in serious trouble. Google things like highest property tax states and you'll see the difficulty people are in trying to make ends meet in certain parts of the country. I forget who said "taxes are the price we pay for good government" but you can't keep heaping it on people and not expect something to give at some point. We're at that point, and playing the blame game isn't going to help the people struggling to keep their homes or save for their future. [/QUOTE]
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