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I share one thought about this, which is I don't want my tax dollars supporting red state policies, in essence, and I wonder if OP feels the same way
by no_wizard 4y ago
I share one thought about this, which is I don't want my tax dollars supporting red state policies, in essence, and I wonder if OP feels the same way
- bblpeter 4y ago[flagged]
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoYou mean states like Texas where schools and malls definitely aren’t being shot up?
- bblpeter 4y agoYou mean like SF where there’s no looting?
- dang 4y agoWe've banned this account for repeatedly posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- lwelyk 4y agoplease don't post obvious bait on HN. The recent wave of legislation being passed is obviously nothing related to crime. https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-ban-684ed25a303f83208a89c556543183cb https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-ban...
- calgarymicro 4y agoFunny you say that, because not only do 'red' states have higher crime rates than 'blue' states[0], but 'red' cities within those red states, like Jacksonville or Oklahoma City, also have higher crime rates.[1] [0]https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-mur... [1]https://www.newsweek.com/these-republican-cities-have-higher-crime-rate-new-york-city-1794909 https://www.newsweek.com/these-republican-cities-have-higher...
- bblpeter 4y ago[flagged]
- selimthegrim 4y agoThe chain of custody of Hunter’s laptop doesn’t exactly inspire legions of prosecutors to file any charges
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- Xeoncross 4y agoThere are several red states with no state income tax. Texas and Florida for example, so I assume you're talking about property taxes and taxes on items like gas or food?
- hotpotamus 4y agoI like to think of property tax as a wealth tax for the middle class. My understanding is that the per capita taxes of those states aren't really much different from others, but they're structured more regressively.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThe opposite is true. First, there is no middle, it would be more useful to describe socioeconomic classes of people by decile, or even quintile. But the top 10% surely owns more real estate than the bottom 90%, so low property tax is very regressive since it allows them to hoard real estate, while the rest of the population pays to secure it via funding the police/legal system. Second, the lower socioeconomic classes are going to spend all of their money on rent, and goods and services, like consumables and healthcare and food and tolls. So sales tax and usage based taxes for things necessary to live are the most regressive. Third, property tax can be broken down into land value tax and building value tax. The former being low is a problem since it incentivizes hoarding land at less than maximum economic usage, ultimately reducing supply of housing, ultimately increasing rents on the lowest socioeconomic classes amongst other phenomena like food desserts. So if the goal is progressive taxation, then a very high land value tax, and no building value tax would be the way to go.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoTax is tax, does not matter whether it is income tax, sales tax, car registration fees, tolls, unemployment insurance, estate tax, etc. If it is mandatory, and it eventually goes into government coffers, it all falls into the “government expense” bucket for an individual.