TAX TIME!

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Are you sure about that?

Some states tax more than others. For example, Californians pay very similar taxes to Washingtonians, but the former pay income taxes on top of it. And in states with no income tax, still your overall taxes would depend on what you purchase/own...for example, someone that rents an apartment (therefore no property tax) and takes public transportation to work (fewer gas taxes), AND has no state income tax, would probably pay far less in taxes in the end.

Some states are more efficient than others with their dollars, or they have different philosophies for how money should be raised/spent.

You're in TX, right? Your property taxes are so high that they add up to more than my state income tax and my property tax. Plus, while you don't pay sale tax on food, it is made up for by higher sales taxes on other items.

Also, you think that is you rent that you aren't paying property taxes? While you aren't filing them or writing the check, your rent is inflated so that the landlord is still making a profit on the property. Bus ticket prices go up as cost of fuel increases, though since bus lines are usually subsidized, they really don't have to worry about raising prices until gas jumps significantly.

Also, this person that your talking about that doesn't own a house and doesn't own a car, probably doesn't have enough income to qualify to have to pay state (OK) income taxes anyways.