Calculator to see how the "tax cut" bill will affect you.

[Honeycombe8]

42. Louisiana is a high tax red state.

But you have to research it to know that. It's not the state income tax. It's the extremely high sales taxes in some areas, including in the necessity areas of groceries and prescriptions, which most states don't tax at all.

My sales tax is 10.75%. Groceries & scripts are 5.75%. That can add $2k a year in sales taxes a year for just me...$20,000 in 10 years.

It also has a state income tax.

But what you'll hear most about is the low property tax. It's lower, but not that much lower, and doesn't make up for the extremely high homeowner's insurance (it's a hurricane area).

Texas is a good red state to move to, if you're going to move to one.