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Attilatheblond

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34. We hear people & GOP Pols back east whining about CA Billionaires with 'million dollar homes' not needing help

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:41 AM

Jan 15

Those folks have no idea what housing costs in CA.
This listing just came into my inbox: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/302-N-Montgomery-St-Ojai-CA-93023/16311045_zpid/?rtoken=6bbeda7b-0fbf-4364-a0fb-94aeb8a19d24~X1-ZUxk8shv7km5ft_8xo7u]

House in Ojai, Ca, which is in a valley just north (over the coastal foothills) from Ventura, CA. Like Altadena, this is an old farming community and many houses are old and not lavish at all. Yeah, there are some actual fancy houses and ranchetts in the Ojai, but this one, at over $1.5 million is petty average. 3beds 2baths 2,171sqft Single Family Residence Built in 1950 8,507 sqft lot $1,515,800 Zestimate® $713/sqft This house looks to include a 'guest house' which seems currently used for an in-home business.

Just a lil dose of reality to share with the folks who think 'Million Dollar Houses' are pretty damned fancy.

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Wow, that really puts things in perspective. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #1

It does senseandsensibility Jan 14 #2

Thanks. nt Frank D. Lincoln Jan 14 #5

Sure does...California should keep their 83B for the next 2 years, Volaris Jan 15 #32

Other than some excise taxes, the tax money sent to the Federal government comes from individual taxpayers not the state MichMan Jan 14 #3

States don't get the payments from withholdings, but they have ways of knowing.... lastlib Jan 15 #21

Sure they know, but how would they be able to keep it for themselves instead of it going to the Feds? MichMan Jan 15 #22

In one of the many tax breaks Farmer-Rick Jan 15 #24

Yes and Moses Mikes Traildogbob Jan 14 #4

Cut them bdamomma Jan 14 #6

Here's the facts about CA Bread and Circuses Jan 14 #7

Republicons have lost the thread of the UNITED States. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 14 #8

This is a situation that is way under reported. Blue states support those in red states who have been let down by the Martin68 Jan 14 #9

How would blue states SickOfTheOnePct Jan 14 #10

Canada welcomes our 11th and 12 provinces: N and S California ! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 14 #11

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This website really puts things in perspective. boonecreek Jan 14 #13

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My pleasure. boonecreek Jan 14 #16

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Fourth largest economy in the world. boonecreek Jan 14 #19

I'm a New Yorker. I'm guessing I'm reading it wrong, but the listed "Federal dependency" for New York Scrivener7 Jan 15 #40

New York is 15th in state government depedency. boonecreek Jan 15 #42

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They show their methodology further down, boonecreek Jan 15 #47

Abolish the federal tax! JadedButHopeful Jan 14 #14

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Shutoff all hurricane aid. roamer65 Jan 15 #20

And those of us who pay state taxes iemanja Jan 15 #25

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The amount we pay in federal taxes iemanja Jan 15 #28

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It all goes on the balance sheet iemanja Jan 15 #43

Geez I'd forgotten about that senseandsensibility Jan 15 #41

Good to Know .. I Figured it was HIGH. Cha Jan 15 #27

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The eternal question IMHO: senseandsensibility Jan 15 #39

We hear people & GOP Pols back east whining about CA Billionaires with 'million dollar homes' not needing help Attilatheblond Jan 15 #34

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