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This is just a conservative grievance list. Nothing to do with being “free”, he just doesn’t like the fact that the west coast is a certain kind of liberal. Whi
by rfw300 6y ago
This is just a conservative grievance list. Nothing to do with being “free”, he just doesn’t like the fact that the west coast is a certain kind of liberal. Which is fine, but it’s disingenuous as presented.
- jjeaff 6y agoBeing able to buy the same house for half the price seems like enough to make one feel a bit more "free".
- camkego 6y agoKing county has 0.953% property tax per [2]. Austin currently has 1.803% property taxes [1], and could potentially have property taxes of 2.25% if [3] a plan to increase property taxes by 25% for a public transit plan. (In which case property taxes for homes half the price in Austin will be greater than a home costing 2x more in King County) 1. https://smartasset.com/taxes/texas-property-tax-calculator https://smartasset.com/taxes/texas-property-tax-calculator 2. https://smartasset.com/taxes/king-county-washington-property-tax-calculator https://smartasset.com/taxes/king-county-washington-property... 3. https://thetexan.news/austin-proposes-25-percent-property-tax-rate-hike-to-fund-10-billion-public-transit-plan/ https://thetexan.news/austin-proposes-25-percent-property-ta...
- masonic 6y agoThis is more than offset by the lack of state income tax.
- YorkianTones 6y agoWhere? Washington state has no state income tax either.
- Recurecur 6y agoThe funny part is that Austin is one of the most liberal areas in Texas... ;-) As another poster said, no state income tax is a giant win.
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