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MaxAmericana t1_jcngmrr wrote

Reply to comment by gopoohgo in Recent DC Trip by HereComesHR

This is just easily, provably false.

For 2021:

Texas state tax revenue per capita: $2.982

DC state tax revenue per capita: $15,398

(For good measure, Massachusetts state tax revenue per capita: $6,545)

https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/state-collections-per-capita/

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AnonymousCarolinaDog t1_jcnm5xg wrote

Since Texas’ (notably high) property taxes are collected at the local level instead of the state level, wouldn’t your link about State Government Tax Collections be leaving out a fairly big piece of the equation?

One of many issues when comparing a state to a city, right? Like DC vs Austin seems like a more useful comparison— I would expect people in Austin pay less but not by some massive amount

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9throwaway2 t1_jcnrze5 wrote

DC combines local and 'state' taxes. Texas decouples the two; you can't compare the two that way. Look up total tax burden. Heck, DC is lower than MD or VA for a typical family.

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