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Trout deal looks good...for Feds & Cali or Jersey
« on: March 20, 2019, 07:25:21 AM »
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26306935/sources-angels-trout-new-430m-deal

He would get less than half after taxes...not clear if he is a NJ or CA resident...CA top rate 4.33% higher than NJ.

Of all the states with a baseball team Florida seems the best bet...no state income tax, and the average sales tax rate of 6.8% and the gas tax of $0.41/gal being consumption-based are less malignant than straight up income theft.
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.