User login

Who's online

There are currently 10 users and 66 guests online.

Online users

  • emmettoconnell
  • The Original Yoda
  • rolandovich
  • Logarithm
  • Berd
  • Guglielmo
  • FRESH
  • Rick
  • Anamaria
  • jusbytheclown

Support OlyBlog

OlyBlog is run by volunteers who care about Olympia. If you like what we're doing, make a donation:

OlyBlog is powered by:

Who's new

  • Sara Ballard
  • GooseKaler
  • LongRider
  • non illegitimi ...
  • acreatureapart

    Creative Commons License
 
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 04/15/2006 - 5:42pm.

CNN/Money:

Well, the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit fiscal policy research group, annually calculates what it calls "Tax Freedom Day" for the country as a whole and for residents of each state. That's the day when you've earned enough to pay your federal, state and local taxes for the year and can start to pocket the rest of your pay to, say, support yourself.

Tax Foundation researchers calculate that Tax Freedom Day for American workers as a group will be April 26, three days later than last year and 10 days later than in 2003 and 2004.

Among the 10 states with the latest tax freedom days, six are in the Northeast: Connecticut (May 12), New York (May 9), New Jersey (May 6), Massachusetts (May 2), Maine (May 1) and Rhode Island (May 1).

The other four states are: Washington (May 4), Minnesota (May 3), California (April 30) and Illinois (April 30).

As a bumper-sticker stated:

Taxation with Representation Ain't So Great, Either

In the breakdown of each individual state, the tax burden as a percentage of income in Washington state is 10.90%, with the per capita burden being $4,334.

»

OlyBlog.net

OlyBlog is devoted to citizen journalism, including hyperlocal news and discussion specifically about Olympia, Washington. If you care about this community and are tired of corporate media, then this is the place for you.

If you'd like to contribute, please register for an account. Here is a list of local news beats that need to be covered. You can post your news as a personal blog entry, and it will be reviewed (and possibly edited) for promotion to the front page. Once you've established a record of responsible blogging, you can become an autonomous user. You can also send news via email. All members of OlyBlog agree to abide by our comment and fair use policies. If you are frustrated about something said in a comment thread, go here.

Now playing at:

Get Firefox!


More Flickr photos tagged with "olympia" and "washington"

OlyBlog is a site for news and discussion about Olympia, Washington.
free hit counter