Jus' sayin'...

[ceagle]

Finished my income taxes... at last!

Now, I paid about $3,000 for a)current use of the country b)future use of medicare and c)future use of social security. Looking at it that way, it doesn't seem like too much.

If anything, the taxes which seem too high are Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, and some other Excise taxes and such.
I'd prefer if it was about half the current rates. In fact I think Property Taxes are part of the major barriers to home ownership and part of the housing crisis.
And in Sales Tax, I wouldn't mind if it was sorta like Hawaii and Louisiana (4%) ... but floating around 10% seems a bit high for sales tax ... I remember when it *was* around 5% .. :/

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[orv.livejournal.com]

Washington is the same way. The current state tax rate is 6.5%, but local governments can tack some on too, so it can be as high as 9.5% depending on where you are.