Average tax burden at 40 year low

[Bob]

Bob, your post started out sounding like an interesting topic worthy of discussion, then you totally derailed it with typcial Bob'esk ugliness.

quite the contrary, the truth is beautiful. only cowards obfuscate and divide. last i checked, ammo's still scarce at wal mart. i'll let that be my redneck barometer of fear.

 

[LuciferSam]

quite the contrary, the truth is beautiful. only cowards obfuscate and divide. last i checked, ammo's still scarce at wal mart. i'll let that be my redneck barometer of fear.

Agreed, and it's a joke how some on this board want to hide the truth by using fake outrage at your post as smokescreen.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I was quite surprised by my tax results - figured I owed the government money and instead got a good sized refund.

I'm paying more at the local level under republican leadership for everything and less at the Federal level.

 

[LuciferSam]

I'm paying more at the local level under republican leadership for everything and less at the Federal level.

That's OK. Fed bad, state and local good. Ugh!

 

[30ashopper]

I'm paying more at the local level under republican leadership for everything and less at the Federal level.

You pay more in state taxes than you do federal taxes? I think if you total up your federal income tax, FICA and medicare, your percentage of the corporate tax on products you buy, the gas tax, etc.. Florida taxes might look a little better.

 

[Lynnie]

I am not at all surprised that we are all paying more taxes than usual locally. Municipalities have had difficulties over the past five years or so and when they run into trouble, they raise taxes regardless of which party has control. City of Atlanta has been Democratically controlled for a few decades and your eyes would pop out of your heads if you saw what I pay in taxes.

 

[30ashopper]

I am not at all surprised that we are all paying more taxes than usual locally. Municipalities have had difficulties over the past five years or so and when they run into trouble, they raise taxes regardless of which party has control. City of Atlanta has been Democratically controlled for a few decades and your eyes would pop out of your heads if you saw what I pay in taxes.

One of the things I love about Florida. Living in Cali was just punishing. I try not to think about it and enjoy a good snicker every time I read about Cali's budget woes.

 

[Lynnie]

One of the things I love about Florida. Living in Cali was just punishing. I try not to think about it and enjoy a good snicker every time I read about Cali's budget woes.

I hear ya' talkin'. We laugh (in shock mainly) over California's issues. It's a pity because two of my favorite cities (San Francisco and San Diego) are cost prohibitive to reside.....IMHO.

Shoot, I am ready to get back to the farm and let All Y'all struggle out of this together.....I am tired!

 

[Matt J]

Wow. That is one hefty last sentence, Bob. You state that YOU calculated this. How did you calculate such things?

Also, did you happen to calculate the tax burden by the people who actually pay taxes?

Why did you leave out Estate Taxes?

He left it out because the Republicans did away with it. Remember the "DEATH TAX!" sounds ominous doesn't it? Well it applied to Estates in excess of 1 million dollars and it no longer exists.

 

[Lynnie]

Here's info regarding the Estate Tax temporary moratorium.

Estate tax will rise from the dead in 2010 TaxWatch - MarketWatch