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RockRaven

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3. Similar with people who brag about their state not having an income tax.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:02 PM
Apr 14
Every state is creating tax revenue somewhere to pay for cops/prisons, schools, roads, etc. All of them. Even the Repug controlled ones. They are all spending money, which means they are all taking in money. There is no magic place with no taxes.

If it isn't income then it is sales, or property, or hotel, or excises, or registration fees. And most of those forms are regressive. Unless you're in the 1%, you should want your state to have an income tax so they can use less of the regressive revenue methods -- you will pay less total taxes that way.

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When i got my property tax increase agree reevaluation i screamed. dem4decades Apr 14 #1
Absolutely, I don't dispute that at all. Chasstev365 Apr 14 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Woodycall Apr 14 #19
How long since the last town wide evaluatoin? Mossfern Apr 14 #11
Thank you for that! Woodycall Apr 14 #20
With reevaluations, it is not just changes karynnj Apr 14 #16
Similar with people who brag about their state not having an income tax. RockRaven Apr 14 #3
or public servies are privatized and you pay more to the vendor than you did in taxes DBoon Apr 14 #4
Great Point! Chasstev365 Apr 14 #6
Wait until Trump's plan for State-funding of Medicare and Medicaid. Midnight Writer Apr 14 #5
Isn't that what Nextdoor is for? KT2000 Apr 14 #7
People want no taxes Tree Lady Apr 14 #10
Disagree MichMan Apr 14 #14
Kick Diamond_Dog Apr 14 #8
Zillow-porn vs. the tax man underpants Apr 14 #9
Your last sentence made me LOL. -nt CrispyQ Apr 14 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Apr 14 #12
Doesn't that provide a disincentive for people to move? MichMan Apr 14 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Apr 14 #17
as somne once said to me ,,, taxes are the price of cilivisation. AllaN01Bear Apr 14 #18
That's good! Chasstev365 Apr 15 #21
It's for the real estate investors that Blue Full Moon Apr 15 #22
I live in NY and pay high property tax. I never complain because we have great schools (highest ranked), Raftergirl Apr 15 #23
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