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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2411285, member: 71510&quot;]The state and local don&#039;t tell the whole story.&nbsp; There&#039;s the addition of numerous additional sales taxes based on measures (increase funding for various things).&nbsp; There is nowhere in California currently charging the base 7.5%.&nbsp; Sacramento itself is now&nbsp; either 9.0% or 9.25%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical sales tax rate table for California - </p><p><br /></p><p><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">https://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/taxrateshist.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The same time window for minimum wage showed a similar increase to the cost of goods.&nbsp; ~300%</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So while people made 300% more, goods cost 300% more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And we can argue or bicker over exact timing - in general trend, prices went up equally with cost of goods ( both at ~300%) while sales taxes have gone up at double the rate of wages and prices at - per your math - ~592%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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