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Michael Hiltzik, Scumbag, Lies About California Taxes

The Los Angeles Times is getting more embarrassing every day.  I'll celebrate when they are bankrupt.  Being biased is bad enough.  But to publish outright lies?  That is what Michael Hiltzik's latest column is full of.As a warm-up, Hiltzik starts with a little spin:The most onerous lie is that Californians are burdened by the highest state taxes in the nation. The truth, according to 2006 figures derived from the U.S. census, is that, as a percentage of all personal income, California's tax and fee schedule ranks 18th in the country.Whenever you see terms like, "percentage of all personal income," you know that someone is playing with numbers to make a large number look small.  That's what the Urban Institute did.  Saying that Californians pay x% of all personal income isn't probabtive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 20, 2009 (boomark / email).