 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | Incorrect Summary quote:
Verizon is fighting the charges in court and customers could will pay the cost.
There... the summary is now correct.
All taxes on business get passed on down to the consumer in the form of higher prices.
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Verizon is fighting the charges in court and customers could will pay the cost.
There... the summary is now correct. All taxes on business get passed on down to the consumer in the form of higher prices. This just means Massachusetts will be taxing the already overtaxed residents even more. "Welcome to Taxachusetts" should be on the hwy signs when you enter the state.
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by fAcEtIOUs:This just means Massachusetts will be taxing the already overtaxed residents even more. "Welcome to Taxachusetts" should be on the hwy signs when you enter the state. And then even more of the tax-hiking liberals who live there will throw up their arms in frustration and move out to low-tax states... and start ruining those states... ugh!
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said by fAcEtIOUs:"Welcome to Taxachusetts" should be on the hwy signs when you enter the state. "Taxachusetts" is a bit of a misnomer given some of the other states I've lived in (including a few of those low-tax Southern states where I've paid more in taxes than Massachusetts). At the personal level, here's what we pay:
5.3% income tax
5% sales tax on everything except food (from a grocery store), medicine, and clothing
A property tax that varies by town (I think I pay about $10 per $1,000 of accessed value where I live)
There are some miscellaneous taxes and fees on phone bills (the 5% sales tax applies as does a $0.99 E911 fee).
Not having run a business, I have no idea what those taxes are.
Everything in life is a trade-off. Massachusetts is pretty reasonable given the tax rates and the services provided. |
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join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:And then even more of the tax-hiking liberals who live there will throw up their arms in frustration and move out to low-tax states... and start ruining those states... ugh! Damn those hippies! I mean, we republicans go through all the trouble of starting a multi trillion dollar war, and they have the nerve to try and pay off the debt. OHHHH it boils my blood! |
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 amarryatVerizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
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said by probboy:here's what we pay: 5.3% income tax 5% sales tax on everything except food (from a grocery store), medicine, and clothing A property tax that varies by town (I think I pay about $10 per $1,000 of accessed value where I live) There are some miscellaneous taxes and fees on phone bills (the 5% sales tax applies as does a $0.99 E911 fee). A couple you forgot come to mind:
Auto excise tax. Read, every year you are retaxed on your car.
Gasoline tax. How much does MA tack on per gallon?
Edit - and don't forget about those fees as they are taxes too. There are lots of these. |
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to james
The Mass legislature is paying off the federal debt? That's front page news for sure.  |
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james
join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | It'd be nice of them if they did. |
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