Majority of CA Voters support Jerry Brown's budget plan; 63% support tax increase (Montclair: taxes, legal)

[Hwy phantom]

TEXAS
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 6.25% (non-prepared food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); local option taxes can raise the rate to 8.25%.
Gasoline Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: $1.41 cents/pack of 20

CALIFORNIA
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 8.25% (food and prescription drugs exempt. Tax varies according to locality. Can be as high as 10.50%)
Gasoline Tax: * 46.6 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: * 48.7 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: 87 cents/pack of 20

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by Hwy phantom

TEXAS
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 6.25% (non-prepared food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); local option taxes can raise the rate to 8.25%.
Gasoline Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: $1.41 cents/pack of 20

CALIFORNIA
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 8.25% (food and prescription drugs exempt. Tax varies according to locality. Can be as high as 10.50%)
Gasoline Tax: * 46.6 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: * 48.7 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: 87 cents/pack of 20

Texas state income tax
None

California income tax
CA Income Tax Brackets [Go To Different State]
Tax Bracket (yearly earnings) Tax Rate (%)
$0+ 1%
$7,168+ 2%
$16,994+ 4%
$26,821+ 6%
$37,233+ 8%
$47,055+ 10%
$1,000,000+ 11%

[yeahthatguy]

More from good ol doo-doo brown :
Capitol Journal: Jerry Brown's miscalculation making excuses for failure to meet union take-home pay target - latimes.com

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Texas does have property and sales tax but I find the use of "only 3%" to be highly cavalier, as is the use of the term "boys." For us that would be several thousand dollars a year we can think of better uses for. But I guess if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth it's easy to be dimissive and disdainful of the peasant classes.

They do Cumudgeon but even the issue of Texas having higher property tax is not serious as the home prices are 1/2 of what they are in CA... So, yes.. the %'age is higher in Texas but the home value is less... So, in many cases, you could find yourself paying less total property tax in Texas. Suffice to say, CA does not have a revenue problem.. it has a spending problem.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Hwy phantom

Come on tax payers, don't you want to keep paying those high taxes? I mean we need to make sure the big Unions and Illegal immigrants can maintain their way of living.

Those two don't really mesh together. Illegal immigrants keep wages down overall, something unions don't really like.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by yeahthatguy

Texas state income tax
None

California income tax
CA Income Tax Brackets [Go To Different State]
Tax Bracket (yearly earnings) Tax Rate (%)
$0+ 1%
$7,168+ 2%
$16,994+ 4%
$26,821+ 6%
$37,233+ 8%
$47,055+ 10%
$1,000,000+ 11%

What I find most disturbing is that most people actually think these rates are high. They are actually low compared to what people in other developed nations pay. In fact, on this topic, the S&P says that Americans are actually UNDERTAXED:

What S&P had to say about taxes

Apr 23rd 2011, 20:10 by G.I. | WASHINGTON, D.C.

BOTH Paul Krugman and Ezra Klein argue that America is lightly taxed, relative either to other countries or to history. But why take it from them? Here’s what Standard & Poor’s had to say the day they assigned a negative outlook to America’s AAA credit rating:

The U.S. public sector consistently uses a smaller share of national income than the public sectors of most 'AAA' rated countries, and smaller than those of its closest peers, implying greater revenue flexibility. Political considerations aside, from an economic perspective, the U.S. public sector's smaller share of national income suggests to us there could be room for the U.S. to raise taxes or increase other government revenue while remaining competitive. We believe that this flexibility also enhances the U.S.'s ability to pay.

Of course, our ability to pay isn't the issue. S&P lowered its outlook because it questioned our willingness to pay.

Taxes and the credit rating: What S&P had to say about taxes | The Economist

And Texas' state budget is reeling due to the undertaxation of its residents and businesses. We want to be a first world nation but we dont want to pay for it seems to be our latest motto.

[Bulldawg82]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

No credible authority states that illegals are a negative on the economy, but, rather, that they are a wash, or a positive.

And, you complain of the high taxes in California, yet they are only 3% higher than the "low tax state" of Texas.

Sure wish you boys operated on facts instead of emotion.

Yes, but Texas has no State Income Tax. Factor that in to your comment and you will see that Texas pays far less in taxes overall.

[.highnlite]

I stated clearly that the difference between CA and Texas was about 3%, that is it, that is the difference in the total tax burden.. total.

I find this so darned humorous, all these people complaining about California's high tax rate, when, it ain't much different than the low tax states

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

I stated clearly that the difference between CA and Texas was about 3%, that is it, that is the difference in the total tax burden.. total.

I find this so darned humorous, all these people complaining about California's high tax rate, when, it ain't much different than the low tax states

Three percent can easily mean the difference between failure or success.

But to use the logic of it being such an insignificant number then it should be easy to cut programs that span the 3% gap that's being bandied in your posts as insignificant, now shouldn't it.

[18Montclair]

I dont mind paying a little more in taxes but I am incredibly weary of how our elected officials will spend it.

I dont want anymore money spent on increased bureaucracy or on hiring new state employees.\