doublejj
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double edged sword....it has changed formal education.....the rich keep getting richer
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Padawanbater2
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Texas
Personal income tax - Texas residents pay no personal state income tax.
Sales tax - Texas has a 6.25 percent state sales tax.
Local sales and use taxes levied by cities, counties, transit and special purpose districts can add up to 2 percent to the sales tax, making the combined total on purchases as high as 8.25 percent.
Personal and real property taxes - Texas does not have a state property tax.
Inheritance and estate taxes - Texas does not impose an inheritance tax.
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California
Personal income tax - California collects income tax from its residents at the following rates.
For single and married filing separately taxpayers:
1 percent on the first $7,749 of taxable income.
2 percent on taxable income between $7,750 and $18,371.
4 percent on taxable income between $18,372 and $28,995.
6 percent on taxable income between $28,996 and $40,250.
8 percent on taxable income between $40,251 and $50,869.
9.3 percent on taxable income between $50,870 and 259,844.
10.3 percent on taxable income between $259,845 and 311,812.
11.3 percent on taxable income between $311,813 and $519,687.
12.3 percent on taxable income of $519,688 and above.
Sales taxes - California's minimum combined state, county and local sales and use tax rate increased to 7.5 percent (6.5 percent state-only portion and 1 percent collected by localities) on Jan. 1, 2013, due to voter approval in November 2012 of Proposition 30.
Personal and real property taxes - In the state of California, all real property is taxable and shall be assessed at fair market value.
Inheritance and estate taxes - California has no inheritance tax, and its estate tax has been phased out in connection with federal estate tax law changes.
-Texas has 70% the population of California
-unemployment rate of 4.3%
-13.5% on food stamps
-Texas makes $695,923,517,357 less in GDP than California
-California has an unemployment rate of 6.4%
-9.4% on food stamps
-Spending & Revenue are also nearly identical as a percentage to GDP
bu$hleaguer
Well-Known Member
I live in Texas and pay real estate property tax. A lot. This year it will be $5500 and I have a homestead exemption too. It's collected locally not by the state, but that's how they make up a lot of the lack of state income tax. Sales is 8.25%.Texas
Personal income tax - Texas residents pay no personal state income tax.
Sales tax - Texas has a 6.25 percent state sales tax.
Local sales and use taxes levied by cities, counties, transit and special purpose districts can add up to 2 percent to the sales tax, making the combined total on purchases as high as 8.25 percent.
Personal and real property taxes - Texas does not have a state property tax.
Inheritance and estate taxes - Texas does not impose an inheritance tax.
____________________________________________________________________________________
California
Personal income tax - California collects income tax from its residents at the following rates.
For single and married filing separately taxpayers:
1 percent on the first $7,749 of taxable income.
2 percent on taxable income between $7,750 and $18,371.
4 percent on taxable income between $18,372 and $28,995.
6 percent on taxable income between $28,996 and $40,250.
8 percent on taxable income between $40,251 and $50,869.
9.3 percent on taxable income between $50,870 and 259,844.
10.3 percent on taxable income between $259,845 and 311,812.
11.3 percent on taxable income between $311,813 and $519,687.
12.3 percent on taxable income of $519,688 and above.
Sales taxes - California's minimum combined state, county and local sales and use tax rate increased to 7.5 percent (6.5 percent state-only portion and 1 percent collected by localities) on Jan. 1, 2013, due to voter approval in November 2012 of Proposition 30.
Personal and real property taxes - In the state of California, all real property is taxable and shall be assessed at fair market value.
Inheritance and estate taxes - California has no inheritance tax, and its estate tax has been phased out in connection with federal estate tax law changes.
-Texas has 70% the population of California
-unemployment rate of 4.3%
-13.5% on food stamps
-Texas makes $695,923,517,357 less in GDP than California
-California has an unemployment rate of 6.4%
-9.4% on food stamps
-Spending & Revenue are also nearly identical as a percentage to GDP
http://austin.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/04-06-15-texans-are-paying-more-in-real-estate-taxes-than-the-national-average/
http://comptroller.texas.gov/taxinfo/proptax/basics.html
nitro harley
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Fox News Reports.
Iran is playing BarryO like a fiddle .
STATE DEPARTMENT
Obama says US could 'walk away' from Iran nuclear talks, as deadline extended
Published June 30, 2015
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Iran nuclear talks to continue past deadline
President Obama threatened to "walk away" from a nuclear deal with Iran if it fails to keep tabs on the country's compliance, as the negotiations were extended past their original Tuesday deadline amid sharp disagreements.
The president addressed the shaky talks during a joint press conference in Washington, alongside visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. He spoke shortly after the State Department confirmed that the Iran talks were being extended another week.
"My hope is they can achieve an agreement," Obama said.
But he added that, "I've said from the start, I will walk away from the negotiations if in fact it's a bad deal."
And he pointed specifically to a persistent disagreement over inspections of nuclear sites. Without those inspections and assurances that a path to a nuclear weapon is closed off, Obama said, "Then we're not going to get a deal."
The so-called P5+1 negotiators are at odds with Iran over inspections of Iranian sites, how quickly the West will roll back sanctions, and what types of research and development Iran will be permitted to conduct on advanced nuclear technology.
Obama said the inspections cannot just consist of "declarations" from Iran and "a few inspectors wandering around every once in a while." He said there has to be a "serious, rigorous verification mechanism" to make sure Iran is complying with the terms of any deal.
Obama suggested that Iran was in fact backtracking from its initial commitments in a framework announced earlier this year. Amid concerns about Iran's latest positions, a senior State Department official said the P5+1 negotiators, along with Iran, have decided to extend the deadline until July 7, "to allow more time for negotiations to reach a long-term solution."
The extension was widely expected, but it fueled concern on Capitol Hill that Iran was trying to "buy time" while resisting inspections in any deal.
Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement that "any deal with a nuclear pariah and state sponsor of terrorism must require exceptional access for international inspectors."
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., said: "It's no surprise that yet again, President Obama and Iran's negotiators have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for a deal on the future of Iran's nuclear program. Every step of the way, Iran has refused to accept reasonable terms, and instead, is moving dangerously closer to a nuclear weapon."
In one positive development for western negotiators, diplomats said Iran has complied with a key condition of ongoing nuclear talks by significantly reducing its stockpile of enriched uranium that could be used for atomic weapons. Its failure to do so would have severely undermined the U.S. and other powers trying to clinch a long-term nuclear accord with Tehran.
Enriched uranium can be used to generate energy, or as the fissile core of a nuclear weapon, depending on its enrichment level. Under a preliminary deal reached in November 2013, Iran agreed to cap its stockpile of lower-enriched uranium at a little more than 7.6 tons and transform any remainder into a form that experts say would be difficult to reconvert for arms use.
Although amounts were permitted to fluctuate, Iran had to fully comply by Tuesday. And as of only a month ago, the U.N. nuclear agency reported its stockpile at more than 8 tons, leading to fears that it would not meet the target.
Iran's compliance will be officially made public Wednesday in a new report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, the diplomats said. It will show that Tehran met the requirement to render harmless any additional uranium it has enriched over the last 20 months, thus taking its stockpile back to an acceptable level.
Talks in Austria's capital restarted Tuesday after a one-day interruption, with Iran's chief diplomat returning from Tehran and insisting he had a mandate to finalize a nuclear agreement. The promise came despite increased signs of backtracking by his country's supreme leader and an acknowledgement by all sides that no pact would be reached by Tuesday night, their self-imposed deadline.
The diplomacy has reached a "very sensitive stage" but progress is possible, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. Asked by a reporter about his day of meetings at home, he said: "I already had a mandate to negotiate and I am here to get a final deal and I think we can." He then continued discussions with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Zarif returned with Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's atomic agency, who had missed earlier sessions due to illness, an indication of Iran's desire to accelerate talks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joined the gathering later Tuesday.
The negotiators hope to clinch an accord curbing Iran's nuclear program for a decade in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in relief from international economic sanctions.
But in recent weeks, as well, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a series of red lines that appear to renege on a framework for a deal his representatives agreed to three months ago in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Asked if he was encouraged by the restart of talks, Kerry said only, "We had a good conversation." The secretary of state, hobbled by a broken leg he suffered a month ago, has kept a low public profile since arriving in Austria last week.
Fox News' Wes Barrett and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Iran is playing BarryO like a fiddle .
STATE DEPARTMENT
Obama says US could 'walk away' from Iran nuclear talks, as deadline extended
Published June 30, 2015
FoxNews.com
Facebook601 Twitter648 livefyre7106 Email Print
NOW PLAYING
Iran nuclear talks to continue past deadline
President Obama threatened to "walk away" from a nuclear deal with Iran if it fails to keep tabs on the country's compliance, as the negotiations were extended past their original Tuesday deadline amid sharp disagreements.
The president addressed the shaky talks during a joint press conference in Washington, alongside visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. He spoke shortly after the State Department confirmed that the Iran talks were being extended another week.
"My hope is they can achieve an agreement," Obama said.
But he added that, "I've said from the start, I will walk away from the negotiations if in fact it's a bad deal."
And he pointed specifically to a persistent disagreement over inspections of nuclear sites. Without those inspections and assurances that a path to a nuclear weapon is closed off, Obama said, "Then we're not going to get a deal."
The so-called P5+1 negotiators are at odds with Iran over inspections of Iranian sites, how quickly the West will roll back sanctions, and what types of research and development Iran will be permitted to conduct on advanced nuclear technology.
Obama said the inspections cannot just consist of "declarations" from Iran and "a few inspectors wandering around every once in a while." He said there has to be a "serious, rigorous verification mechanism" to make sure Iran is complying with the terms of any deal.
Obama suggested that Iran was in fact backtracking from its initial commitments in a framework announced earlier this year. Amid concerns about Iran's latest positions, a senior State Department official said the P5+1 negotiators, along with Iran, have decided to extend the deadline until July 7, "to allow more time for negotiations to reach a long-term solution."
The extension was widely expected, but it fueled concern on Capitol Hill that Iran was trying to "buy time" while resisting inspections in any deal.
Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement that "any deal with a nuclear pariah and state sponsor of terrorism must require exceptional access for international inspectors."
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., said: "It's no surprise that yet again, President Obama and Iran's negotiators have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for a deal on the future of Iran's nuclear program. Every step of the way, Iran has refused to accept reasonable terms, and instead, is moving dangerously closer to a nuclear weapon."
In one positive development for western negotiators, diplomats said Iran has complied with a key condition of ongoing nuclear talks by significantly reducing its stockpile of enriched uranium that could be used for atomic weapons. Its failure to do so would have severely undermined the U.S. and other powers trying to clinch a long-term nuclear accord with Tehran.
Enriched uranium can be used to generate energy, or as the fissile core of a nuclear weapon, depending on its enrichment level. Under a preliminary deal reached in November 2013, Iran agreed to cap its stockpile of lower-enriched uranium at a little more than 7.6 tons and transform any remainder into a form that experts say would be difficult to reconvert for arms use.
Although amounts were permitted to fluctuate, Iran had to fully comply by Tuesday. And as of only a month ago, the U.N. nuclear agency reported its stockpile at more than 8 tons, leading to fears that it would not meet the target.
Iran's compliance will be officially made public Wednesday in a new report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, the diplomats said. It will show that Tehran met the requirement to render harmless any additional uranium it has enriched over the last 20 months, thus taking its stockpile back to an acceptable level.
Talks in Austria's capital restarted Tuesday after a one-day interruption, with Iran's chief diplomat returning from Tehran and insisting he had a mandate to finalize a nuclear agreement. The promise came despite increased signs of backtracking by his country's supreme leader and an acknowledgement by all sides that no pact would be reached by Tuesday night, their self-imposed deadline.
The diplomacy has reached a "very sensitive stage" but progress is possible, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. Asked by a reporter about his day of meetings at home, he said: "I already had a mandate to negotiate and I am here to get a final deal and I think we can." He then continued discussions with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Zarif returned with Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's atomic agency, who had missed earlier sessions due to illness, an indication of Iran's desire to accelerate talks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joined the gathering later Tuesday.
The negotiators hope to clinch an accord curbing Iran's nuclear program for a decade in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in relief from international economic sanctions.
But in recent weeks, as well, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a series of red lines that appear to renege on a framework for a deal his representatives agreed to three months ago in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Asked if he was encouraged by the restart of talks, Kerry said only, "We had a good conversation." The secretary of state, hobbled by a broken leg he suffered a month ago, has kept a low public profile since arriving in Austria last week.
Fox News' Wes Barrett and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
i just love austin.
sixstring2112
Well-Known Member
While Texas has more government workers, California spends more on government — about 44 percent more as a share of the private economy than Texas, while taxing about 42 percent more state income. California pays its government workers far more and provides them with far more costly benefits. California also spends a lot more on welfare.
California and Texas also have widely different spending priorities. There are 12 million more Californians than Texans, but Texas employs more educators, 888,000, compared to California’s 865,000. In fact, only 49 percent of California’s state and local workers are in education vs. 61 percent in Texas. This may help explain the U.S. Department of Education’s recent estimate that 88 percent of Texas high school students graduate vs. 78 percent in California. As for police, fire and corrections employees, Texas has more per capita in every category than does California.
While California skimps on teachers, police and parole officers, it splurges on regulators and bureaucrats. Some 12 percent of California’s bureaucracy is engaged in the business of minding your business or in administrative overhead, twice the percentage in Texas. California employs 60 percent more regulators and bureaucrats per capita than Texas. An official study found that the cost of California’s myriady regulations came to $134,000 per year for the average small business. Statewide regulatory compliance costs were estimated at four times the amount spent every year in the general budget. Add this to California’s tax burden and is it any wonder that Texas is the No. 1 state of destination for Californians leaving the state?
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/08/comparing-california-texas-priorities/
California and Texas also have widely different spending priorities. There are 12 million more Californians than Texans, but Texas employs more educators, 888,000, compared to California’s 865,000. In fact, only 49 percent of California’s state and local workers are in education vs. 61 percent in Texas. This may help explain the U.S. Department of Education’s recent estimate that 88 percent of Texas high school students graduate vs. 78 percent in California. As for police, fire and corrections employees, Texas has more per capita in every category than does California.
While California skimps on teachers, police and parole officers, it splurges on regulators and bureaucrats. Some 12 percent of California’s bureaucracy is engaged in the business of minding your business or in administrative overhead, twice the percentage in Texas. California employs 60 percent more regulators and bureaucrats per capita than Texas. An official study found that the cost of California’s myriady regulations came to $134,000 per year for the average small business. Statewide regulatory compliance costs were estimated at four times the amount spent every year in the general budget. Add this to California’s tax burden and is it any wonder that Texas is the No. 1 state of destination for Californians leaving the state?
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/08/comparing-california-texas-priorities/
sixstring2112
Well-Known Member
something else strange about cali,one of the lowest black populations in the country at only 6%,word...or weird lol
nitro harley
Well-Known Member
It looks like you are a capitalist. right fucking on . That is taking the bull by the horns. I have a friend from Oregon that sold out and moved to cali just to capitalize on the same opportunity . cool.
abandonconflict
Well-Known Member
who said that?
It would increase aggregate demand if wages were higher. This will certainly create opportunities for increased sales, but businesses would still have to reach consumers.
cali is an unusual place..unusual people..i know how it feels when i go there..blacks would find this even more off-putting.
it's also quite expensive to live there..anywhere, not just SF.
Rob Roy
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Uncle Ben
Well-Known Member
What's wrong with that? If you want what the rich have then work for it.
Uncle Ben
Well-Known Member
Everyone I know that lives in Austin can't wait to get out. The traffic and congestion is one of the worst in the nation. But, there is lot's to do, if you can get there. Music capital of the south, great food, beer, wine, family events, SXSW, world class Formula 1 racetrack nearby, water, town lake, hippie hollow, etc.
travisw
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Watts is far from, a large city old timer. It's 2.1 square miles, and over 60% Hispanic. Keep trying though, help should be along shortly.
watts..the old school version of ghetto.Watts is far from, a large city old timer. It's 2.1 square miles, and over 60% Hispanic. Keep trying though, help should be along shortly.
doublejj
Well-Known Member
This is why college professors now make $1,000,000 a year for teaching science....
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+rep on the meme..reminds me of the people movers at the airport..now that's some funny shit!Watts is far from, a large city old timer. It's 2.1 square miles, and over 60% Hispanic. Keep trying though, help should be along shortly.