What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs today
we're gonna take a look at something that's been on my mind a lot lately
taxes I pay a good amount in taxes and that's fine
we all have to do our part right that doesn't change the fact that I sweat and
shake every time I write that check I often contemplate moving across the
Columbia River into Washington so I can catch a break on the state income tax
Washington doesn't have state income tax Oregon has nine point nine percent but
Oregon doesn't have sales tax still sucks everybody tries to get their taxes
lower it's as American as baseball apple pie and advertisements for injury
lawyers everyone hates paying taxes we started
revolution because someone taxed our tea too high there was a bunch of other
taxes that were leading up to this and a bunch of other things but that was sort
of the final straw when we did our taxes it was in part to help pay for the
revolution and other things that benefited the people the colonists
didn't want to pay taxes that were just pretty much making the King richer
taxations in the colonies consisted of property tax poll tax excise tax and
forced labor contributions which was basically a couple days a month you had
to go help build roads and assume other public functions like constable assessor
and ha grief there's something fun the hog reap was a dude that was in charge
of the prevention and the appraising of damages by stray swine it's not a job
anymore you really don't worry about stray swine
damaging your property I mean unless you live near a place that has a happy hour
of my cousin's ex-wife frequents taxes in a way back then we're just put in
place to make things better then someone realized it was a good way
to gain some personal wealth and it's been downhill since then it is something
you should read about it see it's interesting and it's something you
should know about you're paying enough in taxes why not know the history of it
there's a lot of different things you can check out about it's really
interesting I'm totally brought brushing this
subject right now it's like a 12-minute video so I don't have a bunch of time to
get in depth with it this list is about the states that take the biggest chunks
from the people we aren't getting into the corporate taxes or anything else
like that the deductions and way people have to get around taxes we're just
looking at the base tax percentage they charge the residents for income and
sales that being said why don't we take a look at my top ten states with the
highest taxes
number ten Idaho Idaho is known as the Gem State and the spud state as in
potatoes spud potato get it anyway gems are shiny and expensive spuds are
great with ketchup and Idaho likes to tax people you wouldn't expect this from
a Republican run state but they stick it to you here these rates on this list are
based on normalized and combined rates for single filers with no dependents or
deductions so just kind of the basic taxes I'm talking about here the state
income tax in Idaho is seven point four percent and they top that off with six
percent sales tax it's kind of high they have a lot of infrastructure projects
going on in the state which is good the downside is in a way it's to
accommodate all those Californians moving here which Idaho people hate if
you do move to the spud state keep in mind that if you have preschool spuds of
your own Idaho doesn't currently offer state-funded pre-k knee garden programs
that'll be out of pocket for you so all your tax dollars aren't going to
preschool keep that in mind number nine Maine Maine is right here at the top New
England in case you don't know a local radio DJ emailed me last year and asked
me if I tutored for a brain after I uploaded a main video I responded yes as
a matter of fact I do were you looking for someone smarter to
help you out with your homework his only response was wiseass I still don't know
what he wanted I'm sure it was to complain about the video but that was
the end of our interaction I don't know what that was all about maybe he just
want to ask me about a turd for a brain who knows Maine isn't the place that
goes light on people when it comes to their income tax it's almost 8 percent
at 7.95 or their sales tax which is five point five percent I'm thinking the DJ
is just upset at almost 8 percent of his income goes to taxes hey at least he
could relax have a Moxie soda a lobster roll after a long day of firing off
angry emails maybe that's what he's into number eight New York now bet none of
you saw this one coming I'm just kidding I'm sure everyone guessed New York would
be on this list it is right here in case you failed first grade geography what's
surprising about this is how early it is on this list I'm sure most do you
thought it was gonna be number one or two one of the top five things listed by
people migrating out of New York is taxes the state income tax in New York
State is eight point eight two percent which is bad if you live in New York
City you have to deal with the crazy out-of-control cost of living
ready then you add the income-tax followed by the state sales tax of 4%
New York is chasing people out with taxes and I'm not even getting into all
the county and city taxes that go along with all that nonsense
it's crazy number 7 the District of Columbia
I know stop typing it's not a state but it should be but it isn't so it's going
on the list anyway because it's that bad this is another place with crazy cost of
living already and then they stick you with an eight point nine five percent
state district income tax followed by a five point seven five sales tax I mean
it's bad enough that you gotta live in a place that's filled with tourists
criminals and politicians which in some cases they're criminals too and
politicians at the same time there are a whole bunch of weird ways funds are
taken and used in Washington DC goes through Congress and all this weird
something I read about it while I was doing the research on this video and I
got really confused after like ten minutes I had to give up it must be my
turd for a brain that the guy from Maine was talking about I don't know number
six Vermont Vermont is right here in New
England and if it wasn't for Bernie Sanders most people on the west coast
wouldn't even know the place existed Vermont is home to about six hundred
twenty thousand residents that pay a ton of taxes the state income tax here is
eight point nine five percent and the sales tax is six percent the good news
is they've the lowest amount of crimes committed out of all the states almost
every single year they just eat and drink anything with the word maple on it
and treat each other good it doesn't sound bad actually now that I think of
it those taxes might be worth it I like maple maybe I should move to Vermont
number five Iowa now here's another shocker Iowa has high taxes Iowa's known
for flat lands cornfields families and paying through the nose and taxes
apparently if you happen to have a job in the Hawkeye State you're looking at
eight point nine eight and income tax and if you dare buy something you're
looking at six percent there if you're working a job as let's say a Cornhusker
if you already aren't making much then they take some of that it just doesn't
seem fair the good news is if you're making next to nothing you get a bit of
a break and they named the University of Iowa's mascot after corn Huskers like
yourself to recognize the contribution you've made to the rich history of Iowa
gotcha Iowa's really the Hawkeye snow Braska is
the corner skirt and neck stayed over leave a
comment if you're about to get ready to fire off an angry comment about my turd
for a brain number for New Jersey ah New Jersey the land of suck just kidding
their actual nickname is the Garden State I give New Jersey a hard time but
really after you get outside the cities it's a really nice state it's too bad
that every single person I have ever met from this state could teach a master
class on being rude and obnoxious when the residents of New Jersey aren't being
rude and obnoxious they take a minute out to pay eight point nine seven in
state income tax and when they go to buy their spray tan they cough up an extra
seven percent in sales tax now I'm sure someone's gonna bring this
up so I'm just gonna mention on this one New Jersey has the highest property tax
in the nation on average they are about twelve hundred dollars more a year than
the next state on the list which is Connecticut if the American Dream is
buying a home New Jersey is the American Nightmare coincidentally I believe that
is the name of the perfume my cousin sex wife wears number three Hawaii
guess what folks paradise isn't cheap either's anything else on these islands
well maybe pineapples sunscreen and spam but that's about it
the cost of living in Hawaii is one of the highest in the nations and part of
that is taxes let's say you're just a TV bail bondsman making a comfortable
living you're going to pay big in state income tax
it's 11% that's right Hawaii hit the double digits and not in a good way the
Aloha State isn't the worst when it comes to sales tax that's only 4% you'd
think that they're making enough money from all the tourists that they wouldn't
need to stick it to the locals that hard but they do again not in a good way
number two Minnesota now this one's sort of surprised me I've
been to Minnesota quite a few times but I've never paid any attention to the
taxes in the state she's never came up never heard anyone complain about it
anything normally you'll hear complaints about something like that and then you
look into it and find out wow that is harsh never heard anything the land of
10,000 lakes has harsh winters and harsher taxes the state income tax blows
in at a solid nine point eight five percent not as bad as number three
Hawaii but then they hit you with the six point eight eight percent sales tax
that's right that's snow blower you've been looking at all winter because your
neighbor made a video of you using your lawn mower to blow away all the snow
went viral yeah that snow blowers gonna set you back forty two extra bucks in
Minnesota the good news about Minnesota they're not gonna kill you with property
tax a lot other states they don't even fall into the their name in the top
20 so that's good you can get through the taxes in the winter Minnesota's not
a bad place to live and number one California if you didn't guess this one
congratulations you won nothing because it's obvious if you didn't know
California had high taxes I'd like to be the first one to welcome you back to the
surface of the earth because you've obviously been living underground for
some time now California taxes are so high they can be considered oppressive
California sorta reminds me of like a conman that milks you for everything you
have and when you complain their strategy is to ask for more money
California takes thirteen point three percent of your income just for the
state and then if you have the nerve to buy something they get an additional
seven point five percent in sales tax these taxes combined with the high cost
of living is what's driving so many people out of California and that's one
of the reasons I left California that's actually number three right behind
overpopulated and tired of running into ex-girlfriends at Walgreens alright so
that's my top ten states with the highest taxes hope you guys got some
information out of it if you're thinking about moving this is definitely
something to consider especially something like California where there's
rumors they're actually thinking about raising the taxes again that's just
rumor I have no hard evidence on that one but anyway don't forget to leave a
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