In an interview performance that has been described as "Unhinged," "Odd," "Testy," and "Angry," Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed Texas middle-class families "Pay more taxes than middle-class families in California."
Fuel taxes, hardest on lower- and middle-income Americans, are punitive in California, where the combined state taxes on gasoline are 67 cents per gallon.
The Tax Foundation figures the combined state and average local sales taxes in California are 8.68%, ninth highest in the nation.
Thanks to California's Proposition 13, the state ranks no worse than 20th. The effective rate is about 1%, when other fees and taxes are figured in.
The median-price home in California was $811,170 in July, according to the California Realtors Association, while the Texas Quarterly Housing Report reports the median-price home there is $300,490.
The average fee in California, says the Institute for Justice, is $486, a little less than half of what is required in Texas, $253. The Lone Star state also licenses fewer occupations than does California, though the gap could be far greater since the Golden State, whose "Tangle" of licensing laws is virtually impenetrable, admits it "Has no way of knowing how many occupations it licenses."
One day later, Robert Gutierrez, president and CEO of the California Taxpayers Association, and Allan Zaremberg, retiring California Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, pointed out that proposed tax hikes are neither new nor rare in California.
https://issuesinsights.com/2021/09/01/fact-checked-gavin-newsom-shouldnt-have-dared-us/
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