Holy Moly! Look what you pay in state and local taxes

[mystery-ak]

Holy Moly! Look what you pay in state and local taxes

Andrew MalcolmPosted at 8:41 am on March 29, 2018

Good thing Washington gave us a break this year on federal income taxes.

Because the total tax-haul numbers for state and local governments are out for last year — and they’ll take your breath away — also your savings and hopes.

According to the Census Bureau, last year alone state and local governments collected a record $573 billion just in property taxes. That’s about $1,759 for each one of the estimated 326 million Americans.

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[Frank Cannon]

Two words: Unfunded Liabilities.

[ABX]

If you want a real eye-opener, figure out what you pay for ALL your taxes. Not just federal and state income taxes, but all those additional taxes you get on a daily basis. Sales tax, gas tax, taxes on utilities, FCC charges on your phone and cable bills, downline product costs due to tariffs and other fees, hell, even the federal interest rate on loans is a tax (for lack of a better term). It is well in excess of 50c on the dollar.

Here are the 97 taxes people pay each year (not counting all the extra little fees, downline taxes and expenses from tariffs, etc).

#1 Air Transportation Taxes (just look at how much you were charged the last time you flew)
#2 Biodiesel Fuel Taxes
#3 Building Permit Taxes
#4 Business Registration Fees
#5 Capital Gains Taxes
#6 Cigarette Taxes
#7 Court Fines (indirect taxes)
#8 Disposal Fees
#9 Dog License Taxes
#10 Drivers License Fees (another form of taxation)
#11 Employer Health Insurance Mandate Tax
#12 Employer Medicare Taxes
#13 Employer Social Security Taxes
#14 Environmental Fees
#15 Estate Taxes
#16 Excise Taxes On Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans
#17 Federal Corporate Taxes
#18 Federal Income Taxes
#19 Federal Unemployment Taxes
#20 Fishing License Taxes
#21 Flush Taxes (yes, this actually exists in some areas)
#22 Food And Beverage License Fees
#23 Franchise Business Taxes
#24 Garbage Taxes
#25 Gasoline Taxes
#26 Gift Taxes
#27 Gun Ownership Permits
#28 Hazardous Material Disposal Fees
#29 Highway Access Fees
#30 Hotel Taxes (these are becoming quite large in some areas)
#31 Hunting License Taxes
#32 Import Taxes
#33 Individual Health Insurance Mandate Taxes
#34 Inheritance Taxes
#35 Insect Control Hazardous Materials Licenses
#36 Inspection Fees
#37 Insurance Premium Taxes
#38 Interstate User Diesel Fuel Taxes
#39 Inventory Taxes
#40 IRA Early Withdrawal Taxes
#41 IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
#42 IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
#43 Library Taxes
#44 License Plate Fees
#45 Liquor Taxes
#46 Local Corporate Taxes
#47 Local Income Taxes
#48 Local School Taxes
#49 Local Unemployment Taxes
#50 Luxury Taxes
#51 Marriage License Taxes
#52 Medicare Taxes
#53 Medicare Tax Surcharge On High Earning Americans Under Obamacare
#54 Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax (if you don't buy "qualifying" health insurance under Obamacare you will have to pay an additional tax)
#55 Obamacare Surtax On Investment Income (a new 3.8% surtax on investment income)
#56 Parking Meters
#57 Passport Fees
#58 Professional Licenses And Fees (another form of taxation)
#59 Property Taxes
#60 Real Estate Taxes
#61 Recreational Vehicle Taxes
#62 Registration Fees For New Businesses
#63 Toll Booth Taxes
#64 Sales Taxes
#65 Self-Employment Taxes
#66 Sewer & Water Taxes
#67 School Taxes
#68 Septic Permit Taxes
#69 Service Charge Taxes
#70 Social Security Taxes
#71 Special Assessments For Road Repairs Or Construction
#72 Sports Stadium Taxes
#73 State Corporate Taxes
#74 State Income Taxes
#75 State Park Entrance Fees
#76 State Unemployment Taxes (SUTA)
#77 Tanning Taxes (a new Obamacare tax on tanning services)
#78 Telephone 911 Service Taxes
#79 Telephone Federal Excise Taxes
#80 Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Taxes
#81 Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Taxes
#82 Telephone State And Local Taxes
#83 Telephone Universal Access Taxes
#84 The Alternative Minimum Tax
#85 Tire Recycling Fees
#86 Tire Taxes
#87 Tolls (another form of taxation)
#88 Traffic Fines (indirect taxation)
#89 Use Taxes (Out of state purchases, etc.)
#90 Utility Taxes
#91 Vehicle Registration Taxes
#92 Waste Management Taxes
#93 Water Rights Fees
#94 Watercraft Registration & Licensing Fees
#95 Well Permit Fees
#96 Workers Compensation Taxes
#97 Zoning Permit Fees

[truth_seeker]

I watched a YouTube channel video by Stefan Molyneux, titled "The Fall of Chicago"

Start at the beginning

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He used charts and statistics, to show basically a "going out of business scenario"

[DB]

We also pay all the taxes of the businesses that produce the things we buy. All of them.

Land of the free home of the brave is a cruel joke.

[ABX]

We also pay all the taxes of the businesses that produce the things we buy. All of them.

Land of the free home of the brave is a cruel joke.

Yep.

There is not a thing you do, outside breathing, that isn't taxed or regulated in some way.

We are at the point, it is actually more difficult to start a small business in the US than in Communist China.

If the average small farmer in Communist China wanted to start a roadside stand, they generally have to get a local approval (if any at all) and set up.

In the US, that farmer would need to complete miles of paperwork, undergo inspections and permits, get various local and regulatory approval, and have all that renewed on a regular basis.

Let that sink in for a moment.

I was investing in a coffee shop in our town about a year ago, and it took well over a month to get all the permits to open after everything was set up and ready to roll.