[Milsurplus] We Are Moving!!!!

[J. Forster]

Statistics can be deceptive. Often purposely so. The web site you refer to
is the per capita tax burden.

If a state like MA has lots of moochers, that pay little to no tax, the
state number is artifically depressed. And MA is unquestionable a moocher
magnet.

A better measure would be the median tax burden.

To make an honest comparison, you have to take demographics into account.

YMMV,

-John

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> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:47 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> >   At 08:54 AM 11/16/2012, J. Forster wrote:
>> >  Welcome to Taxachusetts, where you will pay far more than your fair
>> > share.
>> >  Actually we pay more in Vermont than you do in MA.
>>
>> Total tax load? I'd be surprised.
>>
>
> True, or was for a number of years recently. Not highest taxes per say,
> but
> total tax burden or percentage of income going to taxes. There are
> numerous
> sites that list yearly results:
>
> http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-burden-per-capita
>
> You just have to read their criteria carefully as not all burdens are
> figured equally. In this ranking, VT is just above MA, in 6th. Not many
> years back VT was number one for several years running. It's one of the
> primary reasons (along with the nutcases moving there from MA, NY, CT, CA
> etc) that I left for the south.Hopefully the tax-and-spend nitwits will
> stay someplace 'quaint' like New England.
>
> Congrats MrMike on the new digs and big move. Wish I was still up there to
> help you go through the equipment archive. You have some very interesting
> and desirable stuff in that pile, especially the NOS surplus goodies.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>