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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, this chart is worse than uninformative, it's misinformative. Total tax "burden" for what bracket? With what specific assumptions about other taxes, social services, etc? The small print sounds "good" but actually provides no functional detail.

People who think Texas equals freedom from taxes but are low income will be paying a significantly higher percentage of their paycheck than the top 10/5/1% in Texas, compared to say New York, which maintains higher taxes on rich people.

Most likely this chart just flattened or averaged tax rates across all brackets, which is incredibly dumb considering a good tax system will not treat different groups the same.