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Bicycle-Seat t1_j7pqzqs wrote

Reply to comment by choodudetoo in Landmark Pa. school funding case decided: The state’s system is unconstitutional by Hashslingingslashar

Everyone pays the same percentage, how is that not fair? It treats everyone equally.

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choodudetoo t1_j7pty4o wrote

If you make $1,000,000 per year you still have $969,300 to live on.

If you make $15,080 per year you have $14,617 to live on.

Hopefully you can see that at the lower income level. the tax has more of an impact on one's living standard than at the higher income levels. I would have no problem living on $900,000; $14,600 not so much.

Thus the classic definition of a regressive tax - more impact on a lower income person's life than a higher income person.

A recent proposal by a certain faction in Congress to scrap the Federal Income tax and replace it with a 30% sales tax is a Smash And Grab for the Wealthiest Folks who were ever Chauffeured around the Planet Earth.

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IndependentCode8743 t1_j7qxpx7 wrote

And yet Philadelphia, one of the poorer counties in the state, has the highest income tax and sales tax. There is zero incentive for a high income earning family to live here, unless they make their money on non-waged income (i.e., interest and dividends). Add in the "soda tax" and the poor and low income families are taxed thru the roof.

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choodudetoo t1_j7qyap5 wrote

The COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA government severely limits what local jurisdictions can tax.

Then a certain elephant party blasts away at the resulting chaos and claims it's the local's fault.

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IndependentCode8743 t1_j7r0ywb wrote

The corruption in this city is second to nowhere, and its been run by one party for 70 years. So those in charge have nobody to blame but themselves. I mean the unions put a guy in city council and kept him on the union's payroll, then cry foul when the FBI charges the union leader and councilmember with corruption.

As far as limits on tax, we have to pay an additional 2% sales tax, a soda tax and a wage tax. The sales tax exemption was approved by the state. The working poor and middle class folks are paying these taxes, especially in today's remote working environment. And yet we still can't buy books for kids in schools.

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choodudetoo t1_j7r93br wrote

Is it any wonder the elephant party is good with regressive taxes?

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IndependentCode8743 t1_j7rj8al wrote

The city has used wage taxes vs property taxes as a way of funding their government. Its not an elephant party thing, since they haven't been in charge in Philly for almost a century. So both parties are OK with regressive taxes, as long as they get their money. What is worse about the city wage tax is dividends and interest income are excluded. So you could be a billionaire, live in the city and pay $0 in wage taxes if you aren't collecting a salary. However, if you are a business owner you are taxed far more if than if your business was just outside the city. And if you are too poor to own a car, and need to buy necessities to live, those are going to cost more than your neighbors in Montco or Bucks, since you can't drive across county lines.

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choodudetoo t1_j7rrr73 wrote

> The city has used wage taxes vs property taxes as a way of funding their government.

Having lived in Philadelphia, you have just confirmed that you are a Lying Sack of Fertilizer.

What part of the State Government severely limits what localities can tax is beyond your comprehension?

I hope you are being paid a living wage for your trolling.

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yeags86 t1_j7r9pt8 wrote

I pay a wage tax to work in Reading because I don’t live there. Is it like that for Philly? Live and work there, no tax, commute in, get taxed.

I haven’t actually worked in Reading for 3 years as I am remote now. I still pay it. Not gonna complain because I would like Reading to get it’s shit together.

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IndependentCode8743 t1_j7rfkoy wrote

If you live in the city or work in the city you need to pay the tax. So if you live outside the city and are now a remote employee you do not need to pay the tax.

I live in the city and work outside the city, so I pay the tax regardless if I am remote or in the office.

NYC is in a legal battle with NJ/Conn over this issue as its tax base took a serious hit with remote work.

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