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I get really tired of hearing that blue states have higher taxes. For the median income earner, that's not true: https://fortune.com/2023/03/23/states-with-low

• scarface_74 2y ago
  Look at the cost of living rankings. https://www.mottomortgage.com/blog/ranking-each-of-the-50-states-by-cost-of-living https://www.mottomortgage.com/blog/ranking-each-of-the-50-st... Notice that the 12 bottom states are all blue states? And tax burden rankings https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/tax-burden-by-state-2022/ https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/tax-burden-by-state...
  • olyjohn 2y ago
    Notice the top 10 states on your cost of living list are also some of the poorest states.
    • scarface_74 2y ago
      And yet none of them are having to pass laws allowing someone who is working to live in their car. If you were a teacher, policemen, social worker, healthcare worker or even working in fast food, where would you be better off at? And states with the highest homeless population per capita https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/homelessness-study/ https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/homelessness-study...