[johnea]

I agreed with the overwhelming majority of this article.

However one serious ommision is the fact that NO ONE who makes $650,000/yr pays $295,000 in income taxes in the US.

That byzantine tax structure is basically in place to insure this.

Personally, I'm a lefty, and I will be the first in line to say that the government of California is massively corrupt. Government is a monopoly, and as such it needs major public review and restrictions in place to prevent corruption. We don't have those review processes, and we don't have those restrictions.

A message to the author: If you think you're getting a bad deal for your taxes in California, try out a red state for size, where you get basically nothing for your tax dollars.

[dgildeh]

I'm not sure I agree with that statement just looking at our own tax bills...

Also, my point was I feel that I get nothing for my taxes in California already!

I will give California public libraries which I rediscovered recently after Covid, that's probably the only service I appreciate with my tax dollars currently!

[nicky0]

> NO ONE who makes $650,000/yr pays $295,000 in income taxes in the US.

What are you suggesting they actually pay?