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Originally Posted by Crawford
Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the country, and NJ is like #2 or #3. And CA is the innovation center of the planet and top 10 in wealth. Pretty good company, and if those are examples of a "ruined economy", I'll take it.
Also, CT still is (overall) lower tax than NY & NJ. Property taxes are much lower, while income taxes are roughly similar.
And it has nothing to do with "government overreach", the public in these states consistently votes to tax themselves for better services, whether the localities are conservative or liberal. Gold-plated schools and municipal services drive the tax burden. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know, but it's democracy in action.
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Causation versus correlation. I’ve had this debate before.
You incorrectly link high taxes with successful States as somehow the former being causative of the latter. I beg to differ. I would view it being the opposite. As places become wealthier and it’s infrastructure ages, taxes go up.
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