Gee Mav, I guess that you didn't know that California ranks a mere 19th out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the tax burden that it poses on individuals and businesses, as a percentage of personal income for the year 2000.
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California's tax myths
Despite complaints, state's rate is far from highest
Sam Zuckerman, Chronicle Economics Writer Sunday, August 31, 2003
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It's not Taxifornia.
The widely held view that California is unusually harsh in taxing its people -- which is echoing especially loudly in the state's gubernatorial recall campaign -- is largely a myth.
It turns out that California ranks a mere 19th out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the tax burden it imposes on individuals and businesses.
"There is a perception that California is a high tax-and-spend state." said Arturo Perez, an analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver. "It is above average. But it is far from having the highest rate of taxation."
The ranking is based on total state and local taxes, fees and other revenue as a percentage of personal income in 2000, the most recent year for which complete data are available, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. That's the indicator experts consider the best way of calculating the total weight of taxes that individuals and businesses carry.
A narrower measure that only includes taxes, leaving out fees, pegged California as ninth in 2000, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y. The difference reflects the fact that many other states get a bigger proportion of their revenue from fees for such services as registering an auto, using a campground or attending a state college.
Face it Maverick, you continually misrepresent the facts, make flat out false statements, and twist everything so that it fits in your nice "black and white" political box.
You have consistently shown everyone on this board just how very little you know about the State of California and its issues . . . Moreover, your failure to know anything about the 14th Amendment, PRUCOL, and the fact that illegal immigration is a FEDERAL matter that Congress fails to address also shows how ignorant you are about the subject. The State of California does not invite pregnant Mexican women to come across the border and have their children for FREE, the U.S. Constitution and the 14th Amendment does!
You obviously NEVER replied to my posting about PROPOSITION 187 that was passed on 59% of the vote ( Gee, why would all of those liberals pass a measure that would terminate health, education, and social service benefits for people? ) in 1994 because you knew nothing about it, and also because it failed to support your absurd viewpoint that illegal immigration to California is due to some sort of Red Carpet that the state lays out. This is totally false, and the vote of the people back in 1994 says it is false. But once again, you won't address it because it flat out says that you are WRONG about the issues confronting California.
Again Maverick, California does not invite pregnant Mexican women to come across the border and have their babies for FREE here. It is the United States Consitution and the 14th Amendment.
Duh.
