Bub, look at the bottom of that list and tell me one state you'd be willing to live in. There is a correlation here.

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> That's fair--great idea for a future chart. In the meantime, here's a bit about the remaining revenue:

> The remaining half comes from charge revenue, miscellaneous income, and the federal government. Charge revenues are derived from services that state governments charge direct fees for: hospitals, school tuition, sewerage, highway tolls, and smaller services like parks and recreation. Miscellaneous revenues come from interest earnings, royalties, lottery revenues, and the sale of state property. Federal sources include public welfare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, K-12 education programs, or other special transfers such as coronavirus relief.

per the original post. So yeah, they don't TAX you for hospitals or schools or roads or parks, they CHARGE you for it, cause capitalism. Or they just beg the gubbermint for free money that comes from......checks notes....states at the top of this list.

This post better be you trying to convince Connecticunts to try and get welfare queens like Kentucky to pay their own bills and not just shitposting about how high CT taxes are.

I’d be down to live in Alaska, New Mexico, Wyoming, South Carolina, Oregon, Utah, etc. Those are some beautiful states with great wildlife. The gate keeping for CT gets weird in this sub.

Why can't the answer lie somewhere in the middle? Not everything has to be black and white/top and bottom only.

Did you not read the header of the graph? It shows a breakdown of state revenues based on tax-related revenue streams. Lamont and the state are obviously doing something right, because we have more money in the coffers than ever before.

I'm sure they are beautiful places to see but as far as living?

Alaska is a weird case because it gets oil money. Utah is crazy cult people. Oregon is probably fine around Portland but go inland and it gets bad. Wyoming is....who knows. SC and NM are just straight up shitholes.

There are probably perfectly nice towns in each of those states(if you have the money) but overall they are horrible places to live for various reasons ranging from crime to poor education to inferior hospitals to lack of services and whatever else.

People in this sub constantly complaining about taxes without realizing that we have it pretty good is what gets weird in this sub.

Some things are top or bottom. Correlate this post with https://i.redd.it/9iqfgrunyeja1.png It's not 1-for-1 but there is a stunning amount of overlap.

Imagine saying it’s fine around Portland????? But bad everywhere else.

Makes sense, look at how great the roads are here! /s

Yeah, they're taxing the shit out of us, and you call that "doing something right."

Exactly

That's.... not what the graph shows?

How stupid you have to be

Dude, lay off the Fox News and go outside.

They pay people to live in Alaska.

Doesn't Alaska have the highest domestic abuse rate per capita? Mississippi highest murder rate?

Pros and cons to every state...

Whose talking about Portland? We are discussing CT here

This is the third time in 3 days I’ve seen people moronically conflate percentages with total quantity in this sub.

Where tf did our math teachers go?

Wyoming is ruled by the fossil fuel, timber, and cattle industries. Complaining about pollution there is damn near illegal.

I'm not kidding about ruled either. They exercise full control over the state legislature.

Are they “taxing the shit out of us” as you so eloquently put it, or do you not know how to manage a budget? I’m guessing it’s the latter.

I’ve been to all those places and they’re not shitholes or 3rd world countries lmao. Life exists outside CT. Go see the country or just be stereotypical nutmegger and assume everywhere else is a completely inferior shithole because you live in the high class society of CT

They're pretty good for a northern state. did you know there are northern states that have unpaved roads and/or have signs saying "road not maintained in winter?" Can you imagine people in CT putting up with their road not being plowed in the winter?

No shocker here. They will tax and tax .......

Haha if you suggest that there are other states to live in that aren’t CT, all hell breaks loose

I’d really like to pay less property tax in CT but the republicans choose that rate in my town.

It's less than 600k people in an area 40% larger than all of New England. I feel like if it was really an amazing place to live more people would live there.

There’s a reason retirees move to other states

This graph sucks. It is engineered to boil the blood of the low information reactionary.

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Vermont

Yup, that's how far up the list I had to go to find one that wouldn't suck. It's number 22.

edit: for clarity, there are 21 below it.

Now that we know Connecticut is dependent on taxes, does anyone know which areas and what percentage the tax money is used in Connecticut?

For example how much goes to state parks, the inland and coastal waterways, infrastructure etc…. What are the percentages. I can’t find any sources for this online….

Vermont’s like halfway down?

The chart does have a grain of truth. CT has all kinds of BS fees and taxes. We have a business entity tax, occupational tax, high filing fees, etc. This is a result of the fact that suggesting any increase in the income tax is political suicide. The $$$ has to come from somewhere.

Highest in taxes but what do we get from it? Education isn't the highest, our roads suffer in most places, what do we really gain from having these high of taxes?

Every nation, state, province, and local municipality on earth is dependent on taxes… how are u just now learning this?

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.

I mean I love it here but I’ve lived in all sorts of states and loved them all. Great parts to every state. I raised my kids here, and I’ve been spending more and more time at my other houses. Not sure how much longer I’ll keep my ct house

That's why his wife made 700M since covid "doing something right"? Wouldn't be because she used her husband's power to get a state contract now would it?

I KNOW you did not claim Lamont and his wife have made $700 million off of state contracts? Like, surely you couldn’t believe that? 😂😭

Both the heading of this post and the title of the graph are potentially misleading.

Unfortunately people will read this is as "Connecticut has the #1 highest tax burden overall in the United States." It's not clear that this graph is showing that. Taxes come from a variety of sources and it may be measuring the amount from those sources.

Also, I can't easily locate the USA Facts source. And the image does not give us any detail about what it is exactly trying to measure.

Connecticut may actually have a very high tax rate overall, but we don't know because this chart isn't giving that answer.

…generally those that do not seek to understand where the data is coming from, what it actually says, and what that might mean!

Having lived in the South, education in CT and New England in general is light years ahead of Tx, FL, LA and nearly every southern state where ‘taxes are lower’, roads are generally much better and it goes on….

I moved to CT from VT. My life is better in every way in CT. My families salary nearly doubled, I actually live on a much more quiet and peaceful area (lived on rt 4 in VT and now live in the quiet corner) and my cost of living is basically the same (got kinda lucky buying my house at a low point in housing prices). And, I'm only 2 hours from VT and can visit as often as I like. There is a saying in VT, "you can't get there from here" and it is for real. People complain about traffic and driving in CT, but I had to travel 45 min just to get to the nearest decent grocery store. Obviously your milage will vary, but for me I'm much happier in CT.

Lol who mentioned Fox News? Walmart is literally closing all its Portland area stores because of crime I wouldn’t say Oregon is fine in the “Portland area”.

The comment I replied to mentioned Portland Oregon.

Yeah, it’s call federal Covid relief money.

Lamont hasn’t done anything meaningful to fix the state’s finances; just got lucky.

Spot on. We’re obv here because we’re connecticuties, but it’s crazy how blindly attached some are to our state.

But the second we raise taxes on the poorest people in this state….

Well, you know how that goes. Complete double standard in this sub.

Disliked I like taxes!

I've lived in a couple different areas of NM. One being Albuquerque. I enjoyed Albuquerque but they do have some problems. The other being the "shit hole" the other poster was referencing. The majority of the locals didn't have past a 6th grade education and that 6th grade level was not comparable to CT or any northeastern state. A friend was a teacher in that particular town. Her 3rd graders were reading at a 1st grade NM education level. She had also taught 1st graders and would get kids who didn't even known letter sounds. I'm not talking a few kids. I'm talking full on entire classes of kids not able to make letter sounds because this was their first experience with school. At the time they had no kindergarten and no pre school. The lack of funding was astounding. People complain about lack of funding for schools in New England, they have never seen what happens when a state can't fund their schools. The majority of NM is a beautiful state, along with the other states on that list, but they have systemic issues. One may not care if they don't have kids but you should care. An educated society helps all. Those kids will grow up and have to work. Do you really want poorly educated people running the local government or working as aids in elderly homes.

Ahhhh yes, our governor and his wife embezzled $700 million of COVID relief funds and our state now has a $1 billion+ surplus because he “got lucky”… got it.

I have a friend who moved out of Vermont for that very reason. There was only 3 ways they would get to their job and two were usually heavily trafficked due to construction and would take an hour to get to work. They also lived 20 minutes from the closest grocery store. If there was something going on with the road, they SOL.

I gave you an up vote. But then reminded it when you went on to say ppl constantly complaining about the taxes. No. We aren’t. I don’t mind one red cent of the taxes I pay, I know I have a very high quality of life in this state, and that isn’t free.

Headed out in the motorhome in a few weeks to go buy another house in a free state, cash ...so, uh...what was that question again?Where are we on the list of most heavily taxed states? You're really that stupid?You idiots crack me up. So thin skinned "ew, don't criticize CT" while generally bitching about everything.I recall 9/11, how the state had a large surplus right before, then suddenly was deep in debt the day after...figures don't lie, but liars figure.
"We" have more money in the coffers...now, that's rich lol.

So you obviously went to a CT school where you were taught critical thinking and analysis. Worth every penny of taxes. Now quietly imagine a world where everyone was able to do the same. Thank you for this!!

You see, federal Covid relief money goes to the state universities which requires less money to come out of the state’s wallet. Would you like some other fifth grade examples?

CT has a high proportion of Defense contractors effectively subsidized by the Federal Government. Lockheed, P&W, Raytheon, Electric Boat.

I'm not saying I'd choose VT over CT, I was just answering the parent comment.

Spoken by somebody who sounds like they’ve never left CT.

Willing to bet you’ve complained about beef prices but then lobby on the internet to shut cattle farming down. They feed the country so simmer down.

I hope you use your critical thinking skills with everything you hear. From all sides and all outlets

So you are so burden you can afford to own or rent a motorhome to travel to buy another home and pay cash.

Did you pay any taxes ?

If you were so burden, you couldn't afford to do this, unless mom and dad foot the bill.

Are there local taxes? Im looking at new london county and dont see any?

If this is true its not a big deal. Yeah its higher in ct but other places u have 3% imcome and 1.5% local. I mean then it befomes 4.5…vs 6.

I dont live in ct so i am a knownothing.

No theyre not.

U have to go miles to see anything.

Small towns deal w opioid epidemic.

West virginia is stunningly beautiful almost everywhere. Ill happily live in ct.

It's called living within your means, saving steadily and ensuring ROI on purchases. My son learned as well, smart enough to get "free college" through academic achievement as opposed to whining. That saved a lot. He ended up quitting, joined the USMC, got free college again, first job out paid 6 figures. Bought a house at 26. Had a plan that didn't include being a little bitch. You should try it, or spend your time bitching about everything like most of this group does. Your choice, don't care. Rent a motorhome? Looked into that ROI and inconvenience lead to purchasing instead.

In your own words l, what does this chart mean to you?

The capital building of South Carolina flew the Confederate flag until ten or so years ago. No thank you.

South Carolina also has basically everything ct has. I’ve spent a lot of time there for work and was very surprised how similar they are as far as natural amenities go. Just different cultures

Don't really eat much beef anymore. I could manage without it.

, I must say , you try to come off intelligent but u sound like an entitled a typical moron that tries hard to wear the latest Lv - or latest Gucci product that walks around a party with a cheap glass of champagne, & everyone walks away from.. Yep that's def you.

I'm not the one bitchen about being over taxed,who bought two homes and owns a motorhome.

I too owned two homes, sold one, wife and I put 2 kids through college, they support themselves.

You don't see me crying I'm overburden, when our son had to have emergency surgery on his brain, I knew he was in good hands at Yale, or when daughter broke her leg didn't have to worry again good hospitals, when she lost her job, she was able to get insurance through the state until she got back on her feet; ALL THAT is because we have a decent quality of life because of those tax dollars.

Now go beat your chest in your new state.

And yes I'm a Vet!

What even is this chart? As opposed to states that don’t rely on taxes for revenue? (There are zero).

This is meaningless, and especially so without a nominal value for the x axis. A state could have a budget that is the smallest in the country, but have 100% of revenue come from tax sources, and be at the top of the chart.

Good question. USA facts looks like it presents detailed data on a variety of subjects, so I don't think the site is fudging the numbers. My best guess is that the chart rates taxes according the sources they outline (property, fees, income, etc.). It would really help if we had a link to the source of the chart.

Here's a more comprehensive look at taxes state by state. Connecticut is not in the top 10 but is still high:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/highest-taxed-states

Here Connecticut is #7 highest in tax burden.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494

Connecticut is clearly not a low tax state, but where we fit in the overall rankings depends on the resource.

That was my understanding as well until you explained it.

Bye Felicia

You have to go miles to see anything in ct unless you live on the coast, we dealt with a serious opioid epidemic not long ago. I love Ct it’s my favorite state but let’s not throw rocks from a glass house

You came across as a whiny bitch. Just sayin'. Seems to be a common trait...see "Eversource" lol

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.

Whatever you say Boy... now go look in the mirror at a real whiney bitch.

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.

Im not from ct.

I plan to live on the coast.

Few other states have trains

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

What whine... mentioned our tax ranking, and combined with the leftist government we have, decided to react. Pretty excited actually, found a few places bordering state/national parks.

I’m confused on what you’re trying to say?

> does anyone know which areas and what percentage the tax money is used in Connecticut?

You do realize that these things are not only knowable, but easily knowable, using this thing called the Internet.

• 2022 State of CT, Operating Expenses

Except for Bridgeport.

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

U live on the coast -no driving miles.

The small towns here dont have any major safety/drug crisis

The schools are good unlike coasts elsewhere

And trains available unlike other coasts

And these other states dont have the above.

> Education isn't the highest

The fact that CT is a blue state contradicts that statement.

The more educated states tend to be blue. That states with poor public education tend to be red .

I thought much of the COVID relief went to Trump cronies like Empty Greene and her cohorts, in the manner of loans that were forgiven.

Thats a tired old trope

Cant find anything new?

>Annie Lamont has more than 30 years of experience as a venture capitalist investing in transformative companies and entrepreneurs. In 2014, Annie, along with Patricia Kemp and Andrew Adams, launched Oak HC/FT, a venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage tech-enabled companies shaping the future of healthcare information and financial services. Before founding Oak HC/FT, Annie was and remains a Managing Partner at Oak Investment Partners.

>Annie is known as a leading healthcare and fintech investor, appearing on the Forbes Midas List, Institutional Investor’s FinTech Finance 40 list, and the Top 100 Venture Capitalist rankings published by CB Insights and The New York Times. She was the first recipient of the National Venture Capital Association’s award for Excellence in Healthcare Innovation. Annie was also honored with Healthcare Private Equity Association’s 2017 Russell L. Carson Award for lifetime achievement in healthcare investing.

I thought republicans liked capitalists.

And the meth is cheap. Go for it.

CT abandoned the county system in 1959. So every town has its own municipal taxes and services (garbage, sewer, police, fire, etc.) We don’t have county taxes we have state income tax, state sales tax, and town property tax. We are taxed on real property (land, structures, vehicles), and businesses are taxed on real property and equipment.

Well I mean yea but you’re cherry picking the best part of the state, I’m on the coast and it’s heavenly, but I’d argue that upstate South Carolina is nicer than upstate Connecticut. The inverse of your argument would be like comparing Charleston to Waterbury

When they aren't making money off of a virus fhe Chinese gave us, independents do. But jfc have you never looked into It? She made almost a billion off the private corporations she bought bc Lamont gave them the contracts. If thar isn't Rico act qualified for a governor to give contracts to a wife who has business in the south where wages are cheaper, then why was Rico invented for the"mob" that they never killed? The cartels they don't do shit against? Use Rico on them they're gone. All IL say. Defend commy Lamont more I'd be willing to guess your in on his payroll as Rico predicates

Ct commies stay on this tripe. Glad to sell Mt properties for triple price then move south with over a million. These dems made this state unliveable

So can you tell me how much $$$ goes to State parks in CT????

Lmao what a weird comment

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How are you going to tell someone what they find beautiful? I know some people don’t like the outdoors, wildlife or warm weather, but you can’t just going around telling people that something isn’t beautiful even though they find it so. Idk why you would simp so hard for a state lmao

Triggered.

I dunno why u got so snowflaked. U need to de-pill.

Flexing too much, bruh.

Sorry bruh the libtards got me through the vaccine now I’m afraid to leave the state

South Carolina wants to execute a woman for taking abortion pills. But yeah totally the same as Connecticut!

I said same natural amenities and different cultures did I not? Edit: while we’re on the subject, SC remains one of the few souther states to have upheld abortion rights. The headlines claiming they want to execute women are predominantly clickbait and all stem from one attempted bill that has been blocked by the state Supreme Court every time it’s been proposed.

Wasn't that already investigated or looked into?

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.

Damn right,

Gettum!

Imagine being able to live in places like South Carolina without fearing for your rights/life. Must be nice.

My friend, start from scratch with your assessment of me. A few hints, I don't know what Lv means but I don't wear Gucci. Also, don't hosts determine the champagne served at a party? Is BYOBC a thing? Why would anyone pick the cheapest? And also, if I'm even at a party, I walk away from people, it's an autism thing.

Seriously, start from your most basic assumption and re-write all of that.

Go to a local high school, bookshaveny been updated since 1992, if we were a well funded state the books in schools should come first, am I wrong? When I was in high school 2013 we had early 2000s hps at best

K , ty for enlightening me . I was probably drinking that cheap champagne or doing killer blow . Not very good at texting on one of those benders . Lol my bad ✌️