re: The average sewer fee in EBR is $49.37 per month

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y'all are correct. Wallet Hub has LA at 8.29% and TX at 7.99%


Forbes at 7.6 and 7.6. But there's a massive difference right? Again the largest difference I can find is $200-300 per 100k

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So one of your sources ranks LA #29 and the other sources ranks LA #45. Yeah, I would say that's a big difference, & thanks for proving my point.

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Shreveport - "There will be a 6 percent increase in water rates in 2020 and a 4 percent increase in 2022. Sewer rates have gone up every year and they continue for the next four years: 7 percent in 2019, 6 percent in 2020 and 2 percent in both 2021 and 2022."

I won't do the math for you, but Baton Rouge is well below any other municipality that is under a federal lawsuit (both above), and well on par with other similar-sized cities in L

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Help me with the math becsuse going up 6% and 4%, etc. doesn't tell me anything unless I know how much they pay right now.

I covered this earlier:

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All studies have there shortcomings because its so difficult to compare apples to apples due to individual/convoluted state tax structures.

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You have proved this by the links that you provided.


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If you have done your homework comparing BR vs Houston, and have not missed anything, then that's about as accurate as you can hope for. You have chosen what is representative of your family

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I did not make any statements that claimed LA. was one of the highest taxed states. That stat would be useless to me.

What is important is my tax burden relative to my situation and standard of living compared to other individuals with similar standard of living in other states. That information would only be beneficial to me and others in a similar financial arrangement and useless to everyone else. That information cannot be gleaned from these "studies" our politicians like to quote to support their cause, regardless if its from a non-profit organization.