[TheForge] Heating with woodstove OT

[Walter Mullett]

As always, these numbers are hard to evaluate individually.  You guys in New
Hampshire seem to have the best of both worlds, low taxes and high wages.
In Ohio, we only make 85% of what you do and yet we pay 11% in taxes while
you pay only 7.4%.

I guess you really have to look at a cost of living comparison.  The problem
is where on the hog do you live?  I'm just above sow belly and I can't even
imagine loins.

Walt  

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On May 24, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Ralph Sproul wrote:
>   We don't have a sales tax.........Just every other tax imaginable.
>
> Ralph
>

from....

http://www.retirementliving.com/RLtaxes.html

"The data presented on the linked  page that follows shows states ranked by
tax burden as a  percentage of income.  The taxes include those paid by
individuals AND businesses to state and local governments.   Businesses are
included because they usually pass their tax costs on  to consumers.

The top five states where the tax  burden as a percent of income is the
highest are: Maine (13.0%), New  York (12.0%), Hawaii (11.5%), Rhode Island
(11.5%), and Wisconsin  (11.4%).  The United States average is 10.1%.  The
District  of Columbia is 12.2%.

The five states with the lowest tax  burden as a percent of income are: 
Alaska (6.4%) 50th, New Hampshire  (7.4%) 49th, Delaware (8.0%) 48th,
Tennessee (8.3%) 47th, and Alabama  (8.7%) 46th.  Alaska has the lowest tax
burden because it levies  significant severance taxes on oil extracted from
the state - taxes  that are included in the price of oil sold thereby
enabling Alaska to collect taxes that are paid by consumers across the
country.  As  a result, the state sends checks to all residents at tax
time."

http://www.retirementliving.com/RLtaxburdens.html

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