I lived in Boca Raton, Florida during that same time. All the same
mentioned tax advantages except for moderately high property taxes. But
it paid for a good school system without bars and metal detectors.
Chuck Norcutt
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Well yes, my son was born in the tax paradise of Hillsborough County,
> Florida (i.e. Tampa) in 1989. No state income tax, fairly low state
> sales tax, no local sales tax, fairly low property taxes. Sounds good,
> except that the public services were so lousy that if you wanted your
> child to go a school which did not need metal detectors and had
> teachers who could actually read and write you either had to be a
> Catholic or be able to fork over $10-$15K per year on a private
> school. We did not fulfill either condition.
>
> Contrast with New Jersey, where we moved in 1990 and where we lived
> for 5 years. Sure, there was a 7% state income tax, but when our son
> reached school age, we were able to send him to an excellent public
> school in our town. Etc.
>
> One way or the other, services like education, health care and so on
> have to be paid for. I prefer the NJ approach, and even more the
> European approach. That's one of the reasons I live over here.
>
> Nathan
>
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> On Oct 24, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Jim Couch wrote:
>
>> For those not in the United States, understand that this varies
>> greatly
>> from state to state. As an example, in Washington state we have a
>> sales
>> tax on goods and labor (but not food you buy at the grocery store.)
>> The
>> tax applies to labor (such as a car or bike repair) but not to
>> 'professional' services (tax preparation, haircuts, ect.) There is a
>> base rate fro the state, and then each locality (town, city, ect) has
>> their own tax added on. The sales tax is rather high here in
>> Washington,
>> but is balanced by the fact that we do not have a state income tax.
>> Oregon on the other hand does not have a sales tax, but does have a
>> state income tax!
>>
>> Jim Couch
>>
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