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Why are sales taxes so high in California? Is it because people are so rich here?

April 26, 2017California high people Rich sales taxes

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Why are sales taxes so high in California? Is it because people are so rich here?

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I would say that the wealth of people here has little to do with it. I think it’s because voters here don’t punish politicians for raising taxes, because people here are more concerned with other issues. In some places–the South leaps to mind–increases in taxes will result in a violent backlash.