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Old 04-14-2019, 11:14 PM
 
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Raise the state sales tax and lower property tax which is not controlled by the state? Not going to happen...nunca!
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Old 04-17-2019, 05:19 PM
 
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The common wisdom is that sales taxes are regressive, but are they really? If you take the netted amount of gross income that “rich ppl” actually get to keep (after Fed Income, state and local), what would be the actual average proportion of that netted income to sales tax expenditures? Poor ppl get a huge amount of tax breaks, especially the ones with kids!! They receive free healthcare, food stamps, tax refunds/credits and subsidized housing in some cases. They might very well be better off than the “rich folks”. Everybody should pay income taxes. This system of welfare queenage sucks.
Did you try it? Becoming poor so you could enjoy all that good life.
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