You realize that the percentage of your income that is taxed is a fixed number regardless of state, right? That 1% of 60k in California is the same as 1% of 60k in Texas?
It very directly shows that poorer people in Texas pay more than poorer people in California over the wide range of taxes in each state. They fully take into account land ownership or not, which you can confirm by reading the linked article in the comment:
The graphic reportedly contains 2018 data from the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), which compiled statistics regarding IRS income tax, sales tax, property tax, and information from Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey from sources including the U.S. Census Bureau
Youre talking about the total dollar amount of taxes paid, which is irrelevant because of regional differences. What you can compare is percentage of income, which is a metric that works regardless of total dollar wages.
Someone paying $100 to the tax man when they only make $5000 is more of their money then someone paying $200 to the tax man when they make $15000. The first person is paying higher taxes. The total dollar amount is irrelevant compared to the percentage of income paid.
The data is very clear. Almost all Texans pay more of their income to state taxes than almost all Californians. The fact that California provides a more than doubled minimum wage than Texas while taxing people less is a feather directly in their cap.
We just did a half dozen mixed Dahlias along with a handful of other bulbs, and they are by far the most vigorous. They have leaves out and are reaching up more by the day.
I wasent expecting a bloom this year, but watching them go, we might get one.
We all know America has a massive problem with sprawl and mandatory parking minimums, however there does seem to be a trend of easing these arbitrary minimums. With that said, we still have massive parking lots with nothing happening....
Cost is the only reason. It would be very expensive to build out solar shade for all the parking spaces, even with the money making benefits.
The reason is that most of these parking lots are in retail spaces. These spaces often use a “triple net” lease that makes the tenant responsible for power costs, not the land owner.
The land owner doesnt pay any power bills, so they don’t care about long term utility savings, and the tenants cant justify a huge upfront cost that will save them money on power bills, but one they wont own and one they won’t benefit financially from if they leave that particular retail space.
In order for this to happen consistently, it would need to be a legal requirement. Any law passed to do it would have immense amounts of monied opposition from rich land owners.
Their plan doesnt call for a “nazi purge.” it calls to end any investigation of crime that involves a Republican.
Why make up a completely different scenario just to “both sides” and give the GOP cover for their actual plan that dismants the rule of law as long as youre on their team?
I’m sorry for posting this here. There isn’t a solar panel instance, nor did I see anything for electricians. I know there’s been a lot of gripe with certain solar companies (solgen being in litigation, and others) but I didn’t hear much about freedom forever, since they’re new to Seattle area where I’m doing this....
The abortion access measure needs about 384,000 valid signatures from Arizona voters by 3 July to make the ballot and has reported collecting more than 500,000 so far. But the state applies strict scrutiny to citizens’ initiatives, with intense requirements for each signature and the people collecting them. In recent years, groups have sued, at times successfully, to remove signatures for various reasons in attempts to keep measures from reaching the ballot.
“We know the Republicans in the next three months are going to do everything in their power to try to take that initiative off the ballot,” the former Democratic lawmaker and congressional candidate Raquel Terán said at an abortion rights rally last Friday. “So we should not count on just half a million – we need to turn in a million signatures or more. Do not stop. We cannot stop, nor take any signature for granted.”
The issue is alive and well, this is just a tiny positive that reiterates the point that a sweeping change is needed to prevent further fuckery.
Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes....
Yeah but come on. They spent years making a “Delorean, but now its a truck!” that rusts in the rain, has barely 180miles of actual range, has a non standard pickup truck bed, cant tow worth shit, cost between 60k and 100k dollars, has such shoddy workmanship that the accelerator pedal can fail and jam on, and they managed to sell a stunning 3800 of them in 6 months.
Whose got time for a blockbuster, feverishly in demand 20k electric sedan when you have “a kool dude” like the above to work on for 3 or 4 or 6 years.
A 56-year-old Snohomish man had set his Tesla Model S on Autopilot and was looking at his cellphone on Friday when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in front of him in Monroe, court records show....
Fsd? You mean the service tesla itself named “Full self driving?”
Sure seems like the company is very intentionally misleading its customers, no matter how many disclaimers they have added over the years as more and more people get killed by their cars.
Your point will have more merit when Tesla drops that dangerously misleading name. Until then, they are partially culpable.
The actress was from Andromeda, which was a fun checkbox on the “how many other scifi show alumni can we get in here,” but the plot was very blah. They didn’t give her character any time to develop any depth, so no one really cared about it.
Lina, the FTC chair, is a stone cold anti monopolist motherfucker. She may be the best appointment the Biden admin has made, and has been non stop kicking corporate ass. The FTC isn’t winning them all, but they are actually trying to.
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers....
California is not able to set policy for a federal agency. What they can do is end the “relief value” that lets people skip the bad policies for money.
At that point, the people with money may start putting pressure on the federal government to improve the TSA.
So they are doing exactly what youre asking them to, in the only way they can.
So since youre personally a fan of broken govermental systems that private companies use to generate profits at the expense of the the citizens of California, you think state reps should just “shut up and work on the things I think are important” while fully ignoring that this change might have been a direct request from their constituents.
Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. (www.texasmonthly.com)
The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.
Heard you was talkin' shit. (lemmy.world)
What's everyone's favorite garden flower/plant they are looking forward to this year? (lemmy.world)
Me, I love my Lillie’s, especially these dark purple ones.
Discussion: Parking lots and solar farms.
We all know America has a massive problem with sprawl and mandatory parking minimums, however there does seem to be a trend of easing these arbitrary minimums. With that said, we still have massive parking lots with nothing happening....
Reading through the Project 2025 PDF is insane (lemmy.world)
IBM Buys HashiCorp To Control The Alternative To Red Hat Kubernetes (www.nextplatform.com)
Is it worth the solar panels I'm getting? (lemmy.world)
I’m sorry for posting this here. There isn’t a solar panel instance, nor did I see anything for electricians. I know there’s been a lot of gripe with certain solar companies (solgen being in litigation, and others) but I didn’t hear much about freedom forever, since they’re new to Seattle area where I’m doing this....
Trump Respects Women, Most Men Say (www.nytimes.com)
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Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban (www.nbcnews.com)
Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced (www.bbc.com)
Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes....
Hundreds of WA students walk off campuses to protest U.S. aid to Israel (www.seattletimes.com)
Hundreds of high school and college students across the Puget Sound region walked out of school Tuesday to protest Israel’s fighting in Gaza....
Tesla driver was using Autopilot before fatal Monroe crash, police say (www.seattletimes.com)
A 56-year-old Snohomish man had set his Tesla Model S on Autopilot and was looking at his cellphone on Friday when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in front of him in Monroe, court records show....
1962 - TOO SOON (files.catbox.moe)
FTC bans noncompete agreements for workers (www.washingtonpost.com)
California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines (www.cbsnews.com)
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers....
Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration finalized on Monday the first-ever minimum staffing rule at nursing homes, Vice President Kamala Harris announced....
Take chances, make mistakes, get messy! (lemmy.world)
A plant with honor (lemmy.world)