In this chart on the BizJournals pages, 267 cities are ranked by wealth. The top cities are dominated by cities in California. Ohio cities were all towards the bottom. Indeed, Forbes ranked several Ohio cities as America's fastest Dying.
So I wondered what we were doing differently than California.
Apparently we are not taxing the rich enough and, instead relying too much on user based taxes.
Below is a chart comparing Ohio and California on taxes and prices.
| OH | CA | |
| Costs | ||
| Cost of Living Ranking | 15 | 50 |
| Groceries | 96.9 | 119 |
| Housing | 79.7 | 208.7 |
| Utilities | 104.7 | 96.7 |
| Transportation | 100.6 | 111.3 |
| Health Care | 96.5 | 111.7 |
| Misc Goods | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Gas | 3.64 | 4.09 |
| Taxes | ||
| Personal Income | 0.618 - 6.24 | 1 - 9.3 |
| Corporate | 5.1 - 8.4 | 8.84 |
| Ssales Tax | 5.5 | 2 (adjustable) |
| Gas | .28 | .18 |
| Cigarettes | 1.25 | .87 |
Ddata from:
Federation of Tax Administrators
Missouri Economic Research and Information Center
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