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From: lrd@drusd.UUCP (L. R. DuBroff)
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Subject: Re: State Tax Dedudction
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 16:19:57 EDT
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 >Consider:  the marginal cost to a local government of each citizen
 >is highest when the population density is highest. (else why are NJ, NY, NYC,
 >CA, etc. the places with the highest local taxes?)  Some people choose to
 >live in these places anyway, for whatever reason, and end up paying more to
 >their local governments in taxes than people who live more rural areas.

HORSE COOKIES!  I live in a fringe area in Colorado.  By fringe area I mean
Denver's suburbs to the east, cows and horses for neighbors to the west.
The population density, both for my residential area and for the whole
state of Colorado, is by far the lowest of anywhere I have lived (many
eastern states, Puerto Rico, and Europe).  In direct opposition to the
stated assertion that high population density implies high local taxes,
this low population density environment is, by a significant margin, the
most expensive area I have ever lived in with respect to local taxes
(state income tax, sales taxes, etc.).  The icing on the cake is that I
have never seen the taxpayer receive so little for her/his tax dollar
as I see here.  Oh, for the good old days of the corrupt but efficient
government of Chicago's "da mare" -- Richard J!