The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

  • locuester@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    That makes zero sense.

    Cali sales tax is 7.25, Texas is 6.25

    Poor people likely don’t own property, but yeah it’s about double in Texas.

    Income tax in Cali ramps from 1% up slowly to 9% at just 68k/yr. But even lowest income pays 1%. Texas is 0%.

    The argument has no merit. None. California appears to have objectively higher tax on most people, and certainly on all those who don’t own property.

    What am I missing?

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      6 months ago

      Landlords pass on higher property taxes to their tenants in the firm of higher rents. You don’t need to own property to be affected by high property taxes.