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davidmathers on May 8, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Textbook Example of What’s Wrong with Education

I don't know what taxes are in Texas but I doubt they're lower than California. Because of Prop 13 California has extremely low taxes. Warren Buffett for instance pays more taxes on his $500,000 home in Nebraska than he does on his $4,000,000 home in California.

jibiki on May 8, 2009 [–]

California is notorious for its high income tax: "9.3 percent on taxable income of $47,056 and above".

(From http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edit/state/profiles/state_t... )

I think the relevant statistic would be tax burden per capita:

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-b...

Texas is around half of CA.

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