Welcome to "New California"!

[johnsimion]

Look at my signature line. I think you'll be able to figure that out.

BTW, Farmers and Ranchers are the largest single group of Welfare Queens in the USA. Not a fan because they do not PAY PROPERTY TAX, AT LEAST IN KANSAS. And having to add ethanol to my gas is just one of the Farmer Welfare programs.

Kansas has allowed me to play with airplanes. Roger is designing and building them.

Google 5GAT in about a year. The contract was awarded in ~MARCH 2016. First flight 27 months later. Roger is on schedule.

Nice try Bob. Stick with insurance in upstate NY, something you know about. You have no clue about Texas and California, I suspect. If I am wrong, please correct me.

Joe T.

Joe - I lived in Missouri most of my life and spent seven long years in the KC metro area before my retirement -- and spent a lot of that time on the Kansas side of the line. It never ceases to amaze me that these RED states have such high taxes. "The Legends" in KCK has a sales tax rate over 10% and that was four years ago. My Missouri property tax was more than I pay in Nevada even though my house here cost twice as much. Both Missouri and Kansas have income taxes that are quite comparable to California -- I'm familiar with all of them because I was a tax preparer for the Army legal assistance program years ago. About the only thing that was cheaper there was gas, but my water bill costing three times more than it does in Nevada (!) more than ate up that savings.

I used to have prejudices against California similar to what you often hear. Since moving here and spending more time in California, I've realized ... it's just another state. If they're bankrupt, it doesn't show. If they're overrun with illegals, it doesn't show. If they have a lot of money, yeah, that shows. There's a good reason property in California is so expensive. It's called "supply and demand." Lots of people want to live there and drive the prices up. That's because it's a pretty darned nice place (traffic aside). The problem is that many people elsewhere make generalizations about "how bad California is" based on a few bad examples, which of course is silly when applied to a huge state that has 40 million people in it.

 

[Bob Denman]

 

[jcthorne]

It's pretty much in order at this time.

Thanks, I really needed a hardy laugh with my coffee this morning.

 

[jcthorne]

Texas is rapidly approaching a 'Come to Jesus' moment. Property taxes rise every year (according to my brother, the Lawyer), sales taxes rise every year. I remember whed John Connally instituted the first Texas sales tax - 1 cent!! My daddy used to say after that: "And a Penny for the Governor!"



Joe T.

I am not going to address your rant other than I disagree with it. But do need to correct these two points on taxes.

My property tax rate on my home purchased in 1986 has changed less than 1% in those 30 yrs. And that was water district due to EPA regs eliminating our well water use. And I live in one of the highest rate school districts in the state (Klien).

My sales tax rate has been 8% since I moved to Texas (Harris County) in 1986.

And as I stated before, we pay NO income tax.

The rates are NOT increasing no matter what the liberals in CA would have you believe in Texas.