We’re #2!
According to the Bradenton Herald: Study: Fla. tax system one of least fair
If you are a Florida resident with low to moderate income, you are paying a disproportionate amount of state and local taxes.
So says a nationwide study of state tax systems that shows Florida has the second worst tax system in the U.S. in regards to fairness.
Florida families in the lowest income group — $10,500 a year — pay an average of 13.5 percent of their income in state and local taxes as compared with families in the highest income group — $2.4 million a year — who pay an average of 2.1 percent of their incomes in taxes. Moderate income people — those making $37,400 a year — pay an average of 9 percent of their income in taxes, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy based in Washington, D.C.
The Florida sales tax, currently 6%, is designed to tax things that poor people need to buy, while exempting many things that the wealthy buy. Go to a ball game and the common people in the bleachers pay sales tax on their tickets, but not the important people in the sky boxes.
However, as Dan Gelber, Democratic candidate for attorney general, notes Florida is first in the number of public officials charged with corruption, which I’m sure annoys Alabama. [Via Hipparchia]
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i [heart] dan gelber.
i was truly disappointed when he decided to not run for senator, but i AM looking forward to his being our next attorney general, so not a bad trade-off.
as for annoying alabama, probably they’re laughing at us because our corrupt officials are so inept as to actually get caught at it.
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as for the taxes, we have needed a nice progressive income tax for a long time.
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There’s a rumor that the state flag of Alabama represents the signature of the majority of the state [rimshot]. I’m so tired of the football flags littering the highways.
Kendrick Meek’s chanced are improving with the mud-wrestling in the GOP primary. At this point, Charlie can win the state, but I’m not sure he can win the Republican primary.
Better news is that Alan Boyd may not win the Democratic primary for his seat. I really despise that Purple Dog [he’s too much of a Repub to called Blue anything] piece of garbage.
purple dog! i admit i hadn’t paid any attention to him until recently, his district being just about the only part of the state i’ve never lived in or even spent a significant amount of time in.
yeah, i’m hoping the republican party devours itself in the senate race. i’m annoyed with meek’s withdrawing his support of hr676 and with his weasel words [and i’m being kind here] on abortion, but he’s a definite improvement on any of the republicans.
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I think Meek was positioning himself for a run against Crist, but it won’t hurt him against Rubio. The important part is to get the Dem voters out, and he had better start thinking about that.