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California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in th...
That's the downside of depending on regressive income taxes instead of taxing assets, capital gains, dividends, etc sufficiently.
wskinner
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California has the most progressive taxation scheme of any state. Dividends and capital gains are taxed as income. I’m curious what you would consider “sufficient” taxation - the top marginal combined rate for a Californian is over 50%.
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I think California had the highest capital gains tax in the US.
Ericson2314
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What it needs is more property tax aga, or better yet, land value tax.
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