Comments on: High Taxes That People Like http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/high-taxes-that-people-like/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dean Chung http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/high-taxes-that-people-like/#comment-6500 Dean Chung Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:34:31 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1087#comment-6500 Similar to Dylan, I think that it is not just the tax rate that is important-- it is what you get for your tax dollars. Take the rich suburbs. They tax a lot-- yet somehow it always seems like parents of school aged kids seem to flock to them. Similarly, I prefer (though currently not live in) an urban neighborhood with good mass transit and other amenities. That stuff ain't cheap. Similar to Dylan, I think that it is not just the tax rate that is important– it is what you get for your tax dollars.

Take the rich suburbs. They tax a lot– yet somehow it always seems like parents of school aged kids seem to flock to them.

Similarly, I prefer (though currently not live in) an urban neighborhood with good mass transit and other amenities. That stuff ain’t cheap.

]]> By: Dylan Matthews http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/high-taxes-that-people-like/#comment-6496 Dylan Matthews Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:53:38 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1087#comment-6496 If the WSJ editorial board wants some low state taxes, they ought to come over here to New Hampshire. We and Alaska are the only states not to have any income or sales taxes, and Alaska has oil reserves to fall back upon. NH, by contrast, is forced to raise money by taxing property, cigarettes, and alcohol up the wazoo. It's a great system, unless you like being able to afford kindergarten or children's health care or any of that stuff. If the WSJ editorial board wants some low state taxes, they ought to come over here to New Hampshire. We and Alaska are the only states not to have any income or sales taxes, and Alaska has oil reserves to fall back upon. NH, by contrast, is forced to raise money by taxing property, cigarettes, and alcohol up the wazoo. It’s a great system, unless you like being able to afford kindergarten or children’s health care or any of that stuff.

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