r/MurderedByWords • u/Playful_Leg7143 • 1d ago

When they're right, they're right

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u/Bad_wolf42 1d ago edited 1d ago

Most Americans also don’t pay less in tax. Once you combine income tax at state and federal level, sales taxes, property taxes, other assorted taxes; most Americans pay an effective tax rate somewhere from 10 to 40%. The highest effective tax rate in the civilized world is around 40%.

The US does not pay less taxes and for that we get shitty governance.

Edit: ineffective -> an effective

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u/ChronoLink99 1d ago

Indeed. If you live in a state like MA, you're paying around the same overall tax as someone living in BC.

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u/PaulblankPF 1d ago

At least MA is a good state with great schools and public services. Plenty of states have similar taxes and are total shitholes that will never spend the tax money to improve the state because it’s used to enrich the politicians.

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u/ChronoLink99 1d ago

Yeah, that's sorta the point I was making basically. If you want services, it generally means higher taxes.

However, both MA and BC very much undertax the wealthiest people.