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April 13 -- Tax Freedom Day in California. The citizens of 40 other states will already be working for themselves by the time California reaches Tax Freedom Day, according to the Tax Foundation. Tax freedom day has already come and gone in dozens of states, but it's another week in the mines here in California.

The obligation of curvee royale in France -- forced labor owed to the state for the repair of roads -- "was one of the most potent causes of the [French] Revolution". For much of the 1800s the curvee royale was three day. Most of us in California will be working our modern curvee royale for 80 days and more.

Contemplate this:

According to the Tax Foundation, if current laws are unchanged, the national Tax Freedom Day will rise an additional 17 days -- from April 11 in 2004 to April 29 by the year 2014.

In Los Angeles your state and local taxes would be $7,705 on a family income of $75,000. In Las Vegas, where thousands of Southern Californians have moved, your state and local taxes would be $3,928. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack