Reply #56: ok, how exactly does leaving a job [View All]

[yankeedem]

reduce property taxes?

Gee, I'm in the bottom 50% of wage earners, I am surprised to find that I pay no taxes. You mean that Federal tax I paid was an illusion? And the sales taxes, gas taxes, property taxes (we pay them also) were all an illusion too, huh?

See, INCOME taxes aren't the only tax, and that is the problem.
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on gas tax.
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on property tax.
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on sales tax.
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on tolls (where there are tolls).
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on Social Security tax.
Poor people pay a higher percentage of their income on Medicare tax.

You say that it wasn't worth it to have two wage earners, but you were rich enough to be able to make that choice. Poor people (the bottom 50% that you talk about that don't pay taxes) can't make that choice.