uthyrbendragon t1_jaw695j wrote on March 4, 2023 at 3:25 PM

This graph shows how much each state relies on taxes for the budget, this does not necessarily translate directly to tax rate per capita….your title seems to be deliberately misleading by not giving the entire context.

I believe we are still behind California and Vermont in terms of tax burden per capita.

LordConnecticut t1_jawqqnh wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:45 PM

We’re behind more then that:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tax-burden-by-state

CT is usually near the bottom of the upper quartile in any given year going back at least a couple decades. Anybody who screams about “highest taxes in the country” is off their rocker.

uthyrbendragon t1_jaww7lr wrote on March 4, 2023 at 6:22 PM

Good to know! Thanks for posting the for source also!👍👍

Bobinct t1_jax9bvc wrote on March 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM

Except for Bridgeport.

https://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxburden/

LordConnecticut t1_jayduf6 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 12:49 AM

Wow, it looks like the city mill rate is to blame, property and auto are far above the average.

Side note though, looks like that data is 20 years old…the article is from 2003.

AvogadrosMoleSauce t1_jawrllk wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:51 PM

This is correct; if you follow the original post the person who made the graph stated that other states have income from tolls, other service fees, federal money, etc. which aren’t reflected in the graph.

ctbeagle18 t1_jawq3tj wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:40 PM

That was my understanding as well until you explained it.