Second, the use of the federal itemized deduction offset is very misleading, given that the deduction's purpose is to avoid double taxation in the first place, and that the money states get from the federal government comes almost exclusively from progressive sources.
Third, the intersection of the previous two. Most of the difference between brackets regardless of states is accounted for by the wealthy paying very little sales tax. They pay very little sales tax because they consume very little of their income. What they don't consume ends up being taxed in the estate tax mentioned earlier or given to charity neither of which are included in this report but both of which pay for similar things to state taxes (helping the poor, schools, libraries, parks, etc)
First, it omits estate (inheritance) taxes.
Second, the use of the federal itemized deduction offset is very misleading, given that the deduction's purpose is to avoid double taxation in the first place, and that the money states get from the federal government comes almost exclusively from progressive sources.
Third, the intersection of the previous two. Most of the difference between brackets regardless of states is accounted for by the wealthy paying very little sales tax. They pay very little sales tax because they consume very little of their income. What they don't consume ends up being taxed in the estate tax mentioned earlier or given to charity neither of which are included in this report but both of which pay for similar things to state taxes (helping the poor, schools, libraries, parks, etc)