Breaking the Back of the Reds: a Minimum State Tax

[Anonymous]

The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

[Anonymous]

There is no way that's constitutional or a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way that's constitutional or a good idea.

Hard core liberal, and yeah, that's not a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Did you ever learn about the Boston Tea Party?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

Break the back of the Reds? What? Are you aware that Texans, Tennesseans, and Floridians are Americans? Like me?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what you think this will accomplish. They all get state revenues, they just do it in different ways. They don’t get more money from the feds simply because they don’t get their money from income taxes.

[Anonymous]

What in the crazy tax idea?!

No. Just no.


-liberal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

Op, sounds like you are naive and don't understand how their taxes work. Florida has very high sales tax, hospitality industry and other taxes because a lot of tourists visit them. They want to create less burden for their citizen so income tax but also want to tax visitors. Sounds fair to me.

Texas has very high sales tax, RE and property transaction tax because a lot of people over there are either traveling, could be not legal and a number of other factors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Texas has very high sales tax, RE and property transaction tax because a lot of people over there are either traveling, could be not legal and a number of other factors.

Quick search says 6.25% is the current sales tax rate in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

Op, sounds like you are naive and don't understand how their taxes work. Florida has very high sales tax, hospitality industry and other taxes because a lot of tourists visit them. They want to create less burden for their citizen so income tax but also want to tax visitors. Sounds fair to me.

Texas has very high sales tax, RE and property transaction tax because a lot of people over there are either traveling, could be not legal and a number of other factors.

I agree with this.

-Another flaming liberal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

Florida is 41st in per capita GDP. Tennessee is 33rd. Texas is 14th because it has 4 big rich metro areas. They collect plenty in property, sales, and other taxes to offset no income tax. They know most of their people are too dumb to do the math.

[Anonymous]

Everybody knows government can’t compete. It’s to lazy and entitled to do more with less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

That’s a fantastic idea! You need to get that out there to a bigger audience than just DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The three red states engines of growth are Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

None of these states have a personal state income tax.

Why cannot we implement a federal mandate for a state income tax? This would curb tax seeking behavior and take the wind out of their sails.

Break the back of the Reds? What? Are you aware that Texans, Tennesseans, and Floridians are Americans? Like me?

Of course she’s aware. She just hates you and wants you to die. That’s all.

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to impose a minimum income tax, just make state and local income taxes fully deductible in federal income taxes and property/sales tax not deductible. It makes sense- we shouldn’t be taxing the same income twice.