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Feb 14th, 2007, 11:20 AM
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#1 | | Has posted 500+
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Check this out guys, and girls..... http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...StateRank.aspx
Ain't I lucky!! We rank #1 in BOTH categories! That's corrupt NJ at it's finest!! | 
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Feb 14th, 2007, 10:22 PM
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#2 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago
Posts: 429 Model: Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide Interests: Motorcycling, Duhh...Shooting, camping, going to country music concerts Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic
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Originally Posted by voodoochild  | Illinois 7th & 6th...But that takes into account all the down state stuff too....in the Chicago area the tax rate is around 2.2%...they should do the metro area & the rest of the state for areas like New York, LA, Chicago or any other large metro areas. | |
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Feb 14th, 2007, 10:35 PM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: cheyenne wy
Posts: 802 Model: 06 flhxi Interests: family,fun, fast chrome Occupation: causing hate and discontent
| 41 I like it  | |
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Feb 14th, 2007, 10:41 PM
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#4 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago
Posts: 429 Model: Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide Interests: Motorcycling, Duhh...Shooting, camping, going to country music concerts Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic
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Originally Posted by ironhorse 41 I like it | Yea, thats why most people work here & retire somewhere else...lower cost of living. My parents grew up in Chicago & lived here all their lives...payed $10,000 a year in property taxes, not to mention all the other crap the state, & municipal government milks you for the rest of the year. So they moved to rural Indiana to a house on a lake with acreage & pay $600 a year in taxes. Mind you, there aint gonna be a firetruck or cop at your door within 5 minutes of a phone call, but the people around there are tight & watch out for their neighbors. | |
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Feb 14th, 2007, 11:02 PM
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#5 | | Administrator Frequent Posting Club
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,278 Model: Harley FLHX Occupation: Web Developer by day, 25+ years of carb building by day, hey what happened to my day?!
| Wooo hoooo! here in California we are ranked #10! 
Interesting in the related story on worst states for taxes, California was ranked #15, yet it didn't take into consideration the additional county taxes added on top. Here in Los Angeles we pay 8.25% sales tax compared to the states base rate of 7.25%. Even worse is our gas taxes which tacks on $0.40 per gallon to the state, $0.18 to the fed, then we still get nailed with that 8.25% sales tax on the gas purchase! What happened to "no taxation without representation"? 
Oh well, I was born and raised here and plan to stay so I just need to suck it up. | 
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Feb 15th, 2007, 04:16 AM
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#6 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| Oh well, I was born and raised here and plan to stay so I just need to suck it up.[/quote]
I'm with you Ken, born and raised, kids in good schools, too late to move now. Suck it up is right. (and keep workin 7 days a week until I die pretty much) | |
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Feb 15th, 2007, 12:56 PM
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#7 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,556
| come on fellas......ease up on the bad mouth of the tax system....dont forget, that money is going to pay an illeagle's way.....if not for our taxes, how else could he afford all the bling/bling?????? | |
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Feb 15th, 2007, 03:46 PM
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#8 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| Hahaha, you're probably, well not probably, right there Chuck. It's nice to know I'm helping out the less fortunate.   | |
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Feb 16th, 2007, 04:53 PM
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#9 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago
Posts: 429 Model: Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide Interests: Motorcycling, Duhh...Shooting, camping, going to country music concerts Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic
| [quote=kenfuzed;17647]Wooo hoooo! here in California we are ranked #10!
Interesting in the related story on worst states for taxes, California was ranked #15, yet it didn't take into consideration the additional county taxes added on top. Here in Los Angeles we pay 8.25% sales tax compared to the states base rate of 7.25%. Even worse is our gas taxes which tacks on $0.40 per gallon to the state, $0.18 to the fed, then we still get nailed with that 8.25% sales tax on the gas purchase! What happened to "no taxation without representation"?
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Thats what I'm talkin about....If you live in a metropolitan area the city jams you with all kinds of additional taxes....There isn't a sole who willingly buys gas in Chicago if they don't have to cause the taxes are so bad....We have signs in store fronts on the borders that read "no Cook county taxes" because they know people will be more willing to shop there. How asinine is that ??  | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 07:18 AM
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#10 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 710 Model: '01 FXST
| #2 in NH, but we don't have sales tax or income tax, so it isn't as bad as it looks. When I transferred here from NY, they lowered my salary for cost of living, but I was bringing home more. | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 09:50 AM
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#11 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 358
| When people ask me why I don't give to charities I tell them "I pay taxes!"
Oh .. and I buy lottery tickets.  | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 11:36 AM
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#12 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 150 Model: 77 H-D FX Interests: my new(to me) bike,UK basketball, listening and DL music Occupation: CNA and Army Reserve Instructor
| Kaintuck is 36 and 40 respectively, better than I expected.
Go BIG BLUE | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 06:26 PM
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#13 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 834 Interests: Bikes, Boobs and Beer Occupation: Biker
| 40, 33, and 38... Not too bad.
Life here in the city aint too great though, all around crime is high,,, people getting jacked up, car jacked, home invasions and a murder or two just about every day. Other than that life is good. | |
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Jul 20th, 2007, 05:25 AM
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#14 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 464 Model: 1999 Fatboy Interests: Bikes, Cars, Woodworking, etc. Occupation: Jack of all trades and master of none
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Originally Posted by Hot01 #2 in NH, but we don't have sales tax or income tax, so it isn't as bad as it looks. When I transferred here from NY, they lowered my salary for cost of living, but I was bringing home more. | Here in Taxachusetts we are ranked #9. But the property values are inflated too so that is also a little misleading but in the other direction. Plus we pay 5% sales tax, a gas tax, excise tax on vehicles on top of the sales tax, state income tax, etc.
There was an article in the paper a while back about a mass exitus from the state due to the high cost of living. Many people and companies have been moving south to save money. I may very well be one of them once my daughter graduates college and so forth. | |
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Jul 20th, 2007, 05:52 PM
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#15 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alvin TX
Posts: 1,726 Model: 03 E Glide X cop bike Interests: My family Old Dodge truck's Riding My Glide Occupation: Retired truck Driver
| 15&2 here in Texas no wonder those border cricket's have all the bling here | |
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Jul 21st, 2007, 04:57 AM
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#16 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Originally Posted by Killer-B 40, 33, and 38... Not too bad.
Life here in the city aint too great though, all around crime is high,,, people getting jacked up, car jacked, home invasions and a murder or two just about every day. Other than that life is good. | Damn, where you live??, and, I hope you own some weapons. | |
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Jul 21st, 2007, 07:39 AM
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#17 | | Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Hot01 #2 in NH, but we don't have sales tax or income tax, so it isn't as bad as it looks. When I transferred here from NY, they lowered my salary for cost of living, but I was bringing home more. | Hot 01 Nice job on the cross country. Made me want to pack up.
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