inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agoArizona voters pass Prop. 316, Republican proposal to limit grocery taxeswww.kjzz.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkArizona voters pass Prop. 316, Republican proposal to limit grocery taxeswww.kjzz.orginclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 days ago This distribution is a direct consequence of property taxes on domiciles and the taxation of essential costs of living like groceries and transportation.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThat chart looks like the lack of a progressive income tax to me.
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIncome tax helps, but rich people have assets and securities, not salaries. Taxing home property is a wealth tax on the middle class akin to taxing the stock holdings of the rich.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoNo state income tax in Florida at all.
This distribution is a direct consequence of property taxes on domiciles and the taxation of essential costs of living like groceries and transportation.
That chart looks like the lack of a progressive income tax to me.
Income tax helps, but rich people have assets and securities, not salaries.
Taxing home property is a wealth tax on the middle class akin to taxing the stock holdings of the rich.
No state income tax in Florida at all.