Ugh I’m sorry. I started trying to make sense of it and then somehow confused myself into thinking it was a % share of total - as if each side added to 100%. Nevermind, I was wrong.
Anyhow, back to the chart - it simply makes no sense in that case. I would need to take a look at the underlying to tell me how the bottom 20% pay 13% of income to taxes in a state with 0% income and 6.25% sales tax. Only thing left is property tax (according to chart it’s those 3).
Yes I realize small local sales taxes may apply, but is a max of 2%.
How much property does this bottom 20% own?!
Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Youre talking about the total dollar amount of taxes paid, which is irrelevant as a metric compared to percentage of income, which is a metric that you can compare across states regardless of total dollar wages.
Poor Texans pay a higher percentage of their total income than poor Californians. Almost all Texans pay more taxes than almost all Californians.
Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Your URL just went to a generic page for me, so it’s unclear what you’re trying to show me.
Almost all Californias are explicitly not taxed more than almost all Texans on a percentage basis. High earners in California are taxed at a 9% higher rate than high earners in Texas however, which is what this conversation was originally about.
The fact that Californians make more money overall than Texas is still irrelevant to the fact that on a percentage basis, 99% of Texans are taxed more in their state than 99% of Californians are in theirs.