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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2411223, member: 27832&quot;]Math check on aisle 3...</p><p><br /></p><p>If .25 to 1.00 is a 300% increase (and it is), then .013 to .09 is a <b>592%</b> increase.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know when the CA combined tax was 5.5% -- that rate doesn&#039;t show up in <a href="https://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/taxrateshist.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/taxrateshist.htm" rel="nofollow">this historical table</a> -- but I&#039;m guessing that if it was long enough ago for prices in general to increase fourfold, wages have probably increased more or less proportionately. As for the <b>64%</b> increase in the tax <i>rate</i> ((9/5.5 - 1) * 100%), well, there&#039;s little I can say within the confines of &quot;no political discussion&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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