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mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 months agoYoure 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.
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mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 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.