Newsom Laughably Says California is a Low Tax State—Here’s the Truth
Notice what's missing.
Governor Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken says that California is a low tax state.
Yes, really.
At an SXSW conference Sunday in Austin, Texas Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom had the chutzpah to argue that, actually, Texas and Florida are higher tax states than California.
“We have the most progressive tax rates in America,” Newsom said when asked about income inequality in his state. “… Texas taxes poor folks more than we tax our richest. The question for you is, who’s the higher tax state, California or Texas? Who are you for? Are you just for the 1% or are you for the 99%?”
Fox News refuses to report the truth:
Texas and Florida are the REAL high-tax states.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 16, 2026
I’ll give the California governor credit for something; he certainly does have a gift for spinning blatantly ridiculous narratives with a straight face. He’s a natural politician, really.
Unfortunately, the whole “California is actually a low tax state!” thing—as much as it flies in the face of common sense—needs to be addressed because Newsom keeps going with this message. I’m sure the legacy media will do their best to make that stick in the next few years.
In making this low taxes argument, Newsom is forgoing the more reasonable but still incorrect Democrat assertion that their higher taxes are just the cost of all those wonderful services they provide. Even this is hard to believe these days because blue cities and states are often so incompetently run and are barely hiding the reality that taxpayer money is being used to pay off various patronage groups.
No, Newsom really wants you to believe that all those Californians bailing out of the state, citing the high cost of living, are just deluded fools escaping a low tax paradise. Or perhaps they are fleeing Paradise and other towns after they burned down due to poor forest management—Er, I mean because of “global warming”—and the governor did little to help them rebuild.
As a native Californian with plenty of family still living behind the iron curtain, I can assure you that the Golden State is not a low tax haven for anyone.
Newsom is partly basing his claim on the state’s “progressive” income tax rates that hit the top 1% of income earners harder than other states like Florida and Texas. Texas and Florida don’t even have a personal income tax.
He cited the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning nonprofit, to claim that “for the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.”
For the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.
In fact, 16 other states tax LOW-WAGE earners MORE than California taxes our HIGH-WAGE earners.
The evidence is clear, and the numbers don't lie.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) March 7, 2026
This assertion is both dubious and carefully calibrated to not reveal the full truth.
The Washington Examiner noted that “the only reason California’s bottom 20% of income earners do not pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than Texas’s bottom 20% is because California uses its tax code …
Notice what's missing.
Governor Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken says that California is a low tax state.
Yes, really.
At an SXSW conference Sunday in Austin, Texas Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom had the chutzpah to argue that, actually, Texas and Florida are higher tax states than California.
“We have the most progressive tax rates in America,” Newsom said when asked about income inequality in his state. “… Texas taxes poor folks more than we tax our richest. The question for you is, who’s the higher tax state, California or Texas? Who are you for? Are you just for the 1% or are you for the 99%?”
Fox News refuses to report the truth:
Texas and Florida are the REAL high-tax states.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 16, 2026
I’ll give the California governor credit for something; he certainly does have a gift for spinning blatantly ridiculous narratives with a straight face. He’s a natural politician, really.
Unfortunately, the whole “California is actually a low tax state!” thing—as much as it flies in the face of common sense—needs to be addressed because Newsom keeps going with this message. I’m sure the legacy media will do their best to make that stick in the next few years.
In making this low taxes argument, Newsom is forgoing the more reasonable but still incorrect Democrat assertion that their higher taxes are just the cost of all those wonderful services they provide. Even this is hard to believe these days because blue cities and states are often so incompetently run and are barely hiding the reality that taxpayer money is being used to pay off various patronage groups.
No, Newsom really wants you to believe that all those Californians bailing out of the state, citing the high cost of living, are just deluded fools escaping a low tax paradise. Or perhaps they are fleeing Paradise and other towns after they burned down due to poor forest management—Er, I mean because of “global warming”—and the governor did little to help them rebuild.
As a native Californian with plenty of family still living behind the iron curtain, I can assure you that the Golden State is not a low tax haven for anyone.
Newsom is partly basing his claim on the state’s “progressive” income tax rates that hit the top 1% of income earners harder than other states like Florida and Texas. Texas and Florida don’t even have a personal income tax.
He cited the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning nonprofit, to claim that “for the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.”
For the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.
In fact, 16 other states tax LOW-WAGE earners MORE than California taxes our HIGH-WAGE earners.
The evidence is clear, and the numbers don't lie.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) March 7, 2026
This assertion is both dubious and carefully calibrated to not reveal the full truth.
The Washington Examiner noted that “the only reason California’s bottom 20% of income earners do not pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than Texas’s bottom 20% is because California uses its tax code …
Newsom Laughably Says California is a Low Tax State—Here’s the Truth
Notice what's missing.
Governor Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken says that California is a low tax state.
Yes, really.
At an SXSW conference Sunday in Austin, Texas Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom had the chutzpah to argue that, actually, Texas and Florida are higher tax states than California.
“We have the most progressive tax rates in America,” Newsom said when asked about income inequality in his state. “… Texas taxes poor folks more than we tax our richest. The question for you is, who’s the higher tax state, California or Texas? Who are you for? Are you just for the 1% or are you for the 99%?”
Fox News refuses to report the truth:
Texas and Florida are the REAL high-tax states.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 16, 2026
I’ll give the California governor credit for something; he certainly does have a gift for spinning blatantly ridiculous narratives with a straight face. He’s a natural politician, really.
Unfortunately, the whole “California is actually a low tax state!” thing—as much as it flies in the face of common sense—needs to be addressed because Newsom keeps going with this message. I’m sure the legacy media will do their best to make that stick in the next few years.
In making this low taxes argument, Newsom is forgoing the more reasonable but still incorrect Democrat assertion that their higher taxes are just the cost of all those wonderful services they provide. Even this is hard to believe these days because blue cities and states are often so incompetently run and are barely hiding the reality that taxpayer money is being used to pay off various patronage groups.
No, Newsom really wants you to believe that all those Californians bailing out of the state, citing the high cost of living, are just deluded fools escaping a low tax paradise. Or perhaps they are fleeing Paradise and other towns after they burned down due to poor forest management—Er, I mean because of “global warming”—and the governor did little to help them rebuild.
As a native Californian with plenty of family still living behind the iron curtain, I can assure you that the Golden State is not a low tax haven for anyone.
Newsom is partly basing his claim on the state’s “progressive” income tax rates that hit the top 1% of income earners harder than other states like Florida and Texas. Texas and Florida don’t even have a personal income tax.
He cited the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning nonprofit, to claim that “for the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.”
For the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.
In fact, 16 other states tax LOW-WAGE earners MORE than California taxes our HIGH-WAGE earners.
The evidence is clear, and the numbers don't lie.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) March 7, 2026
This assertion is both dubious and carefully calibrated to not reveal the full truth.
The Washington Examiner noted that “the only reason California’s bottom 20% of income earners do not pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than Texas’s bottom 20% is because California uses its tax code …
0 Comments
0 Shares
53 Views
0 Reviews
