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That is because you are truly ignorant of what is actually happening. The federal government isn't giving Alaska a damn thing. They are spending all that taxpayer money on federal military bases, the National Defense System, federal buildings, and federal National Parks and other federal lands. So you continue to believe your nonsense, while we laugh at your abject ignorance.
Looks like your leftist indoctrination isn't serving you as well as that education you should have gotten.
So?
All of those are huge contributors to the state's economy.That is because you are truly ignorant of what is actually happening. The federal government isn't giving Alaska a damn thing. They are spending all that taxpayer money on federal military bases, the National Defense System, federal buildings, and federal National Parks and other federal lands. So you continue to believe your nonsense, while we laugh at your abject ignorance.
Looks like your leftist indoctrination isn't serving you as well as that education you should have gotten.
If it were not for government money, parks, and employment in Alaska, it would be like a developing nation. Just can just look at the per-capita GDP contribution to see that.So?
Government is the number one employer in Alaska, despite what others may think. Alaska has a labor force of 372,900 with 80,700 working for government, or 21.6% of the Alaska work force. Of those 80,700, 70% of them (~56,500) work for the Alaska public school system. Tourism is the second biggest employer in Alaska accounting for 39,000 of the Alaska workforce.
The fishing, healthcare, and construction industries also employ more Alaskans than the oil industry. Although, the oil industry pays better than any other industry in Alaska.
Alaska's GDP is $48.12 billion, which is 48th out of the 50 States. However, with a GDP per-capita of $44,174, Alaska has the fourth highest per-capita income in the nation.If it were not for government money, parks, and employment in Alaska, it would be like a developing nation. Just can just look at the per-capita GDP contribution to see that.
That’s a lot of words when really all you’re saying is you want to tax people out of the homes and put them in rentals so corporations can make more profit.Yes, there is.
Sales taxes are probably the most regressive type of tax. The lower your income, the more you spend on goods and services, the more you get taxed. Plus, the wealthy can often avoid sales taxes by shopping areas with lower sales tax rates.
Consumption taxes are also regressive, for the same reasons.
Same with tariffs.
Excise taxes on goods heavily used by lower-income individuals (such as cigarettes) wind up being regressive.
The same goes for fees linked with criminal penalties.
User fees (such as fees to use parks or public golf courses) are, yes, regressive. As already noted in this thread, Texas residents are often hit with these types of fees.
Income taxes are typically designed to be progressive. However, they can end up being regressive, when the laws include loopholes to allow high earners to avoid them.
And again... property taxes are a type of wealth tax. If your taxes go up, that's because you've gained more wealth. By definition, that's not "regressive."
Actually, that's a bit of a myth.
Despite popular belief, California residents are not fleeing the state in droves, new survey finds
University of California researchers said the "Cal exodus" is a myth and that residents are not moving out of the state in unusual numbers.www.businessinsider.com
Further, anyone leaving CA because of unaffordable housing will be in for a big shock, because the lack of affordable housing is a national problem, not a California problem.
No, actually, it is to REBALANCE the tax structure. Increase property taxes AND reduce other types of taxes such as sales taxes. CA could also afford to make its income tax more progressive.
...except that those entities will have to pay more taxes on those properties.
In fact, the current setup is beneficial for real estate investors, because it reduces their tax burdens.
Dude.
CA has both low property taxes and unaffordable housing. It should be screamingly obvious that property taxes are not what is causing that problem.
She paid the people who loaned her the money. That doesn't mean she paid her fair share of taxes. You want to give her a free ride.
We should also note that there are tens of millions of Californians who aren't living on a fixed income.
Oh, and California already has a property tax relief program for seniors and disabled individuals.
Then why are you saying that "Californians are leaving in droves?"
Funny you should mention that.
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.www.propublica.org
What the what? HERO loans aren't an extra tax, they're just paid with the property tax bill. Even your own article suggests that the state is cracking down on unscrupulous contractors, and that lots of people just didn't understand what they were signing.
Or perhaps you think that a charge for $50 is somehow more expensive when it's on your tax bill, rather than invoiced directly?
1 out of 3 jobs in Alaska is dependent on federal spending. It's the second most federally dependent state in the nation.Alaska's GDP is $48.12 billion, which is 48th out of the 50 States. However, with a GDP per-capita of $44,174, Alaska has the fourth highest per-capita income in the nation.
The overwhelming government employees are State and local, not federal. Which means they are paid for by the State of Alaska, or its cities, towns, and villages. Those revenues are not coming from outside the State of Alaska. Which blows a huge hole in your "Blue States pay for Red States" BS. It is just another leftist lie, as usual.
So now you are reduced to citing fanatically hardcore leftist web sites in search for your lies. Why am I not surprised?1 out of 3 jobs in Alaska is dependent on federal spending. It's the second most federally dependent state in the nation.
Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2024
Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2024wallethub.com
This notion that blue areas don't fund red areas is nonsense. The average GDP of a Biden voting zip code is over 10 times what it is in a Trump voting zip code.
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide? | Brookings
This economic rift that persists in dividing the nation is a problem because it underscores the near-certainty of both continued clashes between the political parties and continued alienation and misunderstandings.www.brookings.edu
Government ownership of the means of production is the very definition of socialism.Only the dividend is not coming from decisions made by a private corporation. In short, the STATE invests and makes decisions about the checks you receive. Federal government programs such as Social Security are also based on investments in the market. Very socialist indeed...
The only "red" state that pays more in federal taxes than it receives is Texas. All of the other red states are net receivers of federal dollars.Alaska's GDP is $48.12 billion, which is 48th out of the 50 States. However, with a GDP per-capita of $44,174, Alaska has the fourth highest per-capita income in the nation.
The overwhelming government employees are State and local, not federal. Which means they are paid for by the State of Alaska, or its cities, towns, and villages. Those revenues are not coming from outside the State of Alaska. Which blows a huge hole in your "Blue States pay for Red States" BS. It is just another leftist lie, as usual.
Wallet hub is a leftist site??? The fact is, the average Biden voting zip code had over 10 times the GDP of the average Trump voting zip code. Trump's America is third world, unproductive America that is poorly equipped for today's knowledge economy and they are bitter because of it. Frankly, a lot of them are just stupid with poor critical thinking skills, thus they were easily mislead by a conman. This is evidenced by how many of those idiots are avoiding the COVID vaccines.So now you are reduced to citing fanatically hardcore leftist web sites in search for your lies. Why am I not surprised?
You are obviously not aware that Alaska voted for Trump both times and has the fourth highest per-capitia GDP in the nation, even though you were already presented with that information. Despite what your communist-loving Brookings Institution may have to say on the matter.
So? There are also more federal military bases and federal lands in those "red" States than there are in "blue" States. Or are you another one of those uneducated leftists who lacks the ability to comprehend that the federal government is spending taxpayer money on federal programs and not the States themselves?The only "red" state that pays more in federal taxes than it receives is Texas. All of the other red states are net receivers of federal dollars.
Yeah... California is doing great. LA has typhus. You wade through human feces walking the streets of San Francisco. You trip over homeless sleeping on sidewalks in LaMesa. You have to wear Obedience Masks in LA while the rest of the country is free. CA is obsessed with controlling its citizens, even to the point of banning plastic bags in supermarkets. With state income taxes hovering around 14%, California's taxes are oppressive. While Constitution guarantees that "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed", CA imposes crippling taxes on gun and ammunition sales while forcing a background check every time you buy a box of ammunition. Heck you can't even have straws!!!! Gas prices are through the ROOF!!!
We didn't "leave" CA three years ago... we ESCAPED.
So? There are also more federal military bases and federal lands in those "red" States than there are in "blue" States.
You have no idea what I earn. Your arrogance is quite amazing. I sit on the board of directors of two high tech defense companies, receive the pension of a career Army Officer, hold a number of patents which still produce income and more. My wife is also a successful attorney. You jump to crazy conclusions based on no data at all. So stay there in CA ... pay outrageous taxes and love doing so. You can have all the money in the world and still find that paying 14% state income taxes simply doesn't make sense and paying $750,000 for a two bedroom hovel is dumb. Millionaires didn't get to be millionaires by spending money recklessly and unnecessarily.You couldn’t keep up with the cost of living so you had to leave. It happens.
Military bases are not equal. Fort Bragg is a sprawling base with tens of thousands of personnel. Fort Totten in New York is a tiny little place. Fort Hood is huge... Fort AP Hill is a reserve base with a tiny population. The only Army base in a blue state that supports an active division is Fort Drum in NY.That doesn’t disapprove those states are welfare queen states. Military is bloated. It’s just welfare at this point.
Red states can’t support themselves.
Yet it is the blue States who are on the verge of going bankrupt, while the red States are sitting in the black. Alaska alone has more than $70 billion in surplus. Your wild unsupportable delusions do not match reality, as usual.That doesn’t disapprove those states are welfare queen states. Military is bloated. It’s just welfare at this point.
Red states can’t support themselves.
Yet it is the blue States who are on the verge of going bankrupt, while the red States are sitting in the black. Alaska alone has more than $70 billion in surplus. Your wild unsupportable delusions do not match reality, as usual.
Military bases are not equal. Fort Bragg is a sprawling base with tens of thousands of personnel. Fort Totten in New York is a tiny little place. Fort Hood is huge... Fort AP Hill is a reserve base with a tiny population. The only Army base in a blue state that supports an active division is Fort Drum in NY.
Red states support blue states. Look at NY. New York provides a free ride to illegal immigrants from welfare to medical to education. It is red state federal taxes that are elevated by such reckless spending that allows them to do so. The money CA spends on freebies for illegals isn't their own money, its federal funds from other states that enable them.
You have no idea what I earn. Your arrogance is quite amazing. I sit on the board of directors of two high tech defense companies, receive the pension of a career Army Officer, hold a number of patents which still produce income and more. My wife is also a successful attorney. You jump to crazy conclusions based on no data at all. So stay there in CA ... pay outrageous taxes and love doing so. You can have all the money in the world and still find that paying 14% state income taxes simply doesn't make sense and paying $750,000 for a two bedroom hovel is dumb. Millionaires didn't get to be millionaires by spending money recklessly and unnecessarily.
New York and California both pay way more in federal taxes than they get back in federal spending. Those wealthy urban areas are largely what pays for our country. Most of our wealth transfers in this country are between young workers and older retirees, and wealthy urban areas and poorer small towns and rural areas.Military bases are not equal. Fort Bragg is a sprawling base with tens of thousands of personnel. Fort Totten in New York is a tiny little place. Fort Hood is huge... Fort AP Hill is a reserve base with a tiny population. The only Army base in a blue state that supports an active division is Fort Drum in NY.
Red states support blue states. Look at NY. New York provides a free ride to illegal immigrants from welfare to medical to education. It is red state federal taxes that are elevated by such reckless spending that allows them to do so. The money CA spends on freebies for illegals isn't their own money, its federal funds from other states that enable them.
No, I'm not one of those uneducated leftists. They mostly voted for Trump anyway. I'm not sure just how you define "leftist," but Trump most definitely is one. The lack of ability to comprehend is what allowed him to take over the Republican Party and remake it in his image.So? There are also more federal military bases and federal lands in those "red" States than there are in "blue" States. Or are you another one of those uneducated leftists who lacks the ability to comprehend that the federal government is spending taxpayer money on federal programs and not the States themselves?
No, I am not wealthy. I just like reasonable taxes, no matter what my income. I like the 2d amendment so CA is intolerable. Little things like plastic bags in supermarkets are nice too. And I like to walk for exercise. Tripping over homeless in La Mesa got old. La Mesa was burned in the Antifa riots too. Glad I moved in time to miss all that.I’m sure you’re very wealthy and respected. It’s why you had to flee California.
Yes, scenes like this do get old:No, I am not wealthy. I just like reasonable taxes, no matter what my income. I like the 2d amendment so CA is intolerable. Little things like plastic bags in supermarkets are nice too. And I like to walk for exercise. Tripping over homeless in La Mesa got old. La Mesa was burned in the Antifa riots too. Glad I moved in time to miss all that.
I sit on the board of directors of two high tech defense companies, receive the pension of a career Army Officer, hold a number of patents which still produce income and more.
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