re: Louisiana raises state taxes in response to Federal tax law change

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Why in the hell would anyone pay a state income tax to live in Louisiana? Seriously.

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well i'm lucky to live in an area of economic production

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it's gotten to the point where the only real plan is to figure out how to exploi...er...find an economic edge given the population/demos

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i don't. i just don't feel like starting all over

but i can get licensed in TX and slowly grow a SETX practice

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You're not that old baw. Think of the larger client base you'd have in Houston alone.

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It won't come close to being a wash. At worst it'll be 6% of your federal savings. NY state was pissed for other reasons, namely that it's people could no longer deduct their full state income tax liability from their federal taxes.

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While nothing to be happy about, the reaction to this is just short of sky screamer level. Yes it sucks, but, it is constitutionally mandated. As someone said, be pissed at the ‘73 version of Governor Edwards. Maybe you can bang Candy just to feel better about it.

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it is constitutionally mandated

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That’s nuts.
And it doesn’t make the situation a lick better.

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Nah man. Screw you.

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I see I've triggered an "Honor Code" voter. Did you support Hillary and other liberals too?

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I you need proof that not all Republicans in office are Conservative, look no further than Louisiana.

#getthatR
#getelected
#corruptasfrick

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Uh, almost all the major players State/City level are currently Ds.

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Brilliant, especially with a neighbor that has no state income taxes.

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Mississippi is running legislation to drop state taxes as well. You’ll be sandwiched between two state tax free states run by republicans.

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I think it means that since LA doesn't tax you on money that the federal government takes as income tax, that there will be more money taxable by the state following a federal cut. Therefore if your federal taxes drop by $2,000, LA can now tax it at its usual state tax rate. Naturally that would require withholdings to increase.

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Soooooo - about this budget shortfall, yes we need to tighten the belt. The question is, what type of impact will this mandated tax increase have? I realize we aren’t talking about huge sums per person, but multiple that and it could be substantial. The irony is, the mandate passed by the Democrats in 1973 may be the best news for current Republicans in today’s legislature. They had to be shitting in their pants at the very thought of renewing that sales tax or hammering TOPS again. Not that TOPS doesn’t need to be tweaked, but the optics politically would have been something for them to be concerned with. Politics- gotta love it.

It’s funny cause it’s true. Lol.

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All those “conservatives” that voted for JBE frick you

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It is in the LA. constitution - your want him to break the law? Talk to your rep or senator.