That’s unbelievable to me. If you make around 75000 as a single filer, you’d send about 5800 in income tax in Oregon. Let’s assume we’d have a wildly high sales

That’s unbelievable to me. If you make around 75000 as a single filer, you’d send about 5800 in income tax in Oregon. Let’s assume we’d have a wildly high sales tax of 10% instead of an income tax: you’d end up having to spend literally all of your take-home earnings on taxable purchases. In other words spending nothing on groceries, rent, or other bills. Just shopping. Oregon has the highest effective income tax for people earning $75k[1]. [1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/27/states-with-highest-income-taxes-for-people-earning-75000-dollars.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/27/states-with-highest-income-t...