readuncutA family earning $12,600 in Memphis pays 12.8% of their income in state & local taxes. A family earning $19,000 in Minneapolis pays 6.2%. The 'no income tax' promise is a shell game where sales tax on groceries & gas extracts more from the poor than an income tax ever could.
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The Country That Doesn't Know Its Own Tax Rate
I've had the same conversation a dozen or more times. Someone mentions they're thinking about moving south, or they just did, and sooner or later the pitch arrives: no income tax, lower cost of living, you keep more of what you earn. It comes out like a confession of common