Friday, March 13, 2009

California...NOT a High Tax State

I ran across this interesting study of the California tax system today. Despite claims by right wingers, California ranks 17th in terms of total state & local taxes as a percentage of income, and we're right about the average for the country. And our motor fuels taxes rank far behind the national average. We're also the only state that requires a supermajority to pass a budget or tax increase.

But the thing that struck me most was this:

2 comments:

JustJoeP said...

spoken like a tax and spend lib-ah-rul! =)

Joe M said...

Meanwhile, in the reality-based community, we progressives are ready to tax and spend (yes, tax and spend) our way out of this recession...laughing at Sheriff Joe and his stripey minions do your former job for $2 an hour ;)