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To: TimF who wrote (566972)	5/18/2010 1:56:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582684

Tim, don't show that to Ted, Alghieri, and other liberals who think CA is a low-tax state thanks to Prop. 13. They need to remain in their ignorance for health reasons. Tenchusatsu

To: TimF who wrote (566972)	5/22/2010 7:08:56 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1582684

States With No Income Taxes Outperform States With Income Taxes. Keep Taxes Low & Grow- Some undeniable stats that really should undermine any support for an income tax in Texas or the other 8 states without personal income taxes-- ever: willisms.com For total GSP growth, the states with no personal income tax rate (PIT) have on average outperformed those states with the highest PIT rates by 26.5 percentage points over the past decade; they have outperformed the U.S. average by 20 percentage points. .... For those states with no personal income taxes, average population growth over the past decade was about 15.95 percent, or 9.6 percentage points higher than the average of those nine states with the highest personal income tax rates, almost 6 percentage points higher than the U.S. average... .... And, for non-farm payroll employment growth, the average difference was a similar 9.76 percentage points higher (18.2 percent versus 8.44 percent) for the states with no income taxes versus the highest personal income tax rate states, almost 8 percentage points for the U.S. average. Data. Let's pay attention to it every now and then. willisms.com