It’s always talked about in the media as if everyone cares, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a normal person complain.

  • Melonpoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Yes though only because of the noticeable lack of benefit I get from paying tax such as piss poor infrastructure, lack of affordable health care, virtually no public transport etc.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I’m fine paying what I pay, but I reserve the right to question the quality of services they pay for.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
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    23 days ago

    I pay quite a bit in Denmark, but used to live in the US.

    I pay more taxes now (not THAT much more but definitely more). However I see what I get for my taxes here: healthcare, bicycle lanes, cheap and very good trains/metro/ferries/buses everywhere, etc., and sooo much support for people. It makes me proud to pay taxes here, even though of course I always want more in my pocket and I want more for my money.

    In the US I hated the taxes because I paid more than rich people (as they pay nearly none) and I didn’t feel like i got a lot from them.

    No problem with taxes as a concept, but I hate how the US uses tax money

  • dan1101@lemm.ee
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    24 days ago

    Property taxes bug me a lot. The tax has gone up over 10% each of the past 3 years. It’s adding a lot to my mortgage.

    • chonkyninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      You’re fucking high, California income taxes are very well structured. At $880k my taxes after deductions were like $30k.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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        24 days ago

        Personal income, and even business income, absolutely agreed (my personal for the year was $10k or just shy of 10%, my corp tax was about $900, not bad at all). It’s the other nickel and dimeing CA is famous for. Fuel taxes, property taxes because home values are now sky high, DMV fees, and then all your municipal taxes, and then all your varied county/municipal sales taxes, and plenty of others I’m not thinking of right now, and of which added together are exorbitant compared to other states. Now, don’t get me wrong, you certainly get what you pay for in terms of great weather and good quality of life compared to other states, as well as many other benefits, but let’s not pretend for a second that California isn’t a fucking expensive place to live. I was born and raised here, I’ve lived elsewhere, and I am not leaving, but absolutely California is pricey.