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You think someone in California making 200k is paying an overall 30% in combined federal and state taxes? That seems out of touch with reality to me.


I was making a guess based on having earned less and more than that amount. Just checked with ChatGPT and its estimate for a single person with no mortgage interest was $46k in income taxes and $13k in payroll taxes.




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