Wednesday, March 08, 2023

5814 - Taxes in the US


This is an interactive webpage about all taxes and how politicians can talk about one tax and ignore another.



Lots of bar graphs!






10 comments:

Bilbo said...

This is very interesting and informative. We live in Virginia, which has a tax on just about everything you can imagine, including the dreaded "personal property tax (PPT)," basically a sales tax you pay every year on the bluebook value of your car. If your car is expensive and only a year or two old, or if you have multiple cars, the PPT can be huge.

John A Hill said...

Lower cost of living and reasonable taxes are a couple of things that make MO an attractive place to live. Additionally, MO doesn't tax federal retirement income. Of course the downside is that many of the lower tax states are also red states and have crappy services and resources for many that are in need.
I'd happily trade some tax dollars for a more progressive state government.

Kathy G said...

The government is going to get their share one way or another.

Mike said...

Bill - The PPT on my car went UP the past year. I would have just as soon fixed up my 20-year-old car but Claudia wanted a new one (2019).

John - The gas tax should be 5 times as high as it is.

Kathy - They need the money to run the government. It's our job to watchdog them. I think you should run for alderman in Kirkwood. 😁

Ole phat Stu said...

Bilbo. Here in Germany I have an oldtimer car (944) which means half taxes, half insurance premium and exemption from loudness and pollution laws.

Mike said...

Stu - THe difference in PP taxes on my old van vs the newer SUV was $100 vs $900.

Cloudia said...

Thank you, Mike

Mike said...

Cloudia - More statistics for you.

River said...

When politicians talk about taxes it is always about raising them. When things are going well, do we get a reduction? Hell no!

Mike said...

River - Yeah but tRUMP gave 2 trillion dollars to the corporations and billionaires! Doesn't that coun... bwahahahaha. Hell NO!