住新泽西州的痛苦：No. 1 地产税

新泽西州又出贪官了，几个市长和政府官员一起被抓，让新泽西州居民都不知道该说什么好。

也有不贪的，但公开自己给自己长年薪的，比如上届Edison市长，上台后就给自己加了两万多年薪，结果这次就没选上。遗留下来的问题是，今后所有新上任的Edison市长都会按新的高薪上任。

中文学校校长还发email，为这位韩裔市长落选抱不平，真不知道想什么呢。

住新泽西州最痛苦还是全美最高的地产税问题。下面的表格，为证。

如果住在学区差一点的地方还行。比如说6000平方尺的房子，地产税为2万多美元一年。这还说的过去，毕竟你住的宽敞。

但是如果你住在较好的学区，接近6000平方尺的房子地产税可达到5万美元一年。

为什么新泽西州的地产税如此之高？有人说，因为汽油税很低等等。这是个太复杂的问题，包括公共产业免地产税比例太高, 政府特别能花钱(42%政府用款来源于地产税，远远高于平均其它州平均29%，其它州都有为每个孩子建立特别的fund，用于教育，而新州的 Court’s Abbott decisions 把多数钱都卷走用于很少数的贫困地区的学前班，造成地方政府没钱给自己学校的局面，所以只能增加地产税.这些所谓的Abbott Districts贫困区吸走了60%的资金，给20%的孩子。贫困区孩子每人几乎可以得到$25，000。而其它地区只有其一半都不到)，等等。

也比较一下美国总统和政府高官所居住的马里兰州，中等收入和NJ差不多，但交税比例少了100%之上。到哪做京官都有好处。

Property tax burdens by state
State	Median tax	Rank	Median value	Tax as % of home value	Rank	Median owner income	Tax as % of Income	Rank
Alabama	$302	49	$97,500	0.31%	48	$45,927	0.66%	49
Alaska	$2,241	12	$197,100	1.14%	17	$71,644	3.13%	18
Arizona	$1,133	32	$185,400	0.61%	37	$53,950	2.10%	31
Arkansas	$459	46	$87,400	0.53%	42	$43,785	1.05%	46
California	$2,278	10	$477,700	0.48%	45	$71,855	3.17%	17
Colorado	$1,297	30	$223,300	0.58%	38	$63,806	2.03%	32
Connecticut	$3,865	3	$271,500	1.42%	10	$77,247	5.00%	4
Delaware	$806	39	$203,800	0.40%	47	$63,361	1.27%	45
Florida	$1,495	22	$189,500	0.79%	28	$50,601	2.95%	19
Georgia	$1,050	35	$147,500	0.71%	32	$57,841	1.82%	37
Hawaii	$924	38	$453,600	0.20%	49	$72,275	1.28%	44
Idaho	$1,226	31	$134,900	0.91%	24	$49,712	2.47%	28
Illinois	$2,904	7	$183,900	1.58%	7	$62,061	4.68%	6
Indiana	$1,079	34	$114,400	0.94%	23	$53,459	2.02%	33
Iowa	$1,355	26	$106,600	1.27%	12	$52,237	2.59%	26
Kansas	$1,337	27	$107,800	1.24%	13	$53,667	2.49%	27
Kentucky	$693	43	$103,900	0.67%	36	$46,390	1.49%	40
Louisiana	$175	50	$101,700	0.17%	50	$46,933	0.37%	50
Maine	$1,742	19	$155,300	1.12%	18	$51,692	3.37%	15
Maryland	$2,159	13	$280,200	0.77%	29	$77,349	2.79%	21
Massachusetts	$2,974	6	$361,500	0.82%	25	$75,213	3.95%	9
Michigan	$1,846	18	$149,300	1.24%	14	$56,029	3.29%	16
Minnesota	$1,618	20	$198,800	0.81%	27	$62,118	2.60%	25
Mississippi	$416	47	$82,700	0.50%	44	$40,656	1.02%	47
Missouri	$1,012	36	$123,100	0.82%	26	$51,678	1.96%	35
Montana	$1,309	29	$131,600	0.99%	20	$46,973	2.79%	23
Nebraska	$1,889	17	$113,200	1.67%	3	$54,344	3.48%	13
Nevada	$1,445	23	$283,400	0.51%	43	$60,890	2.37%	29
New Hampshire	$3,920	2	$240,100	1.63%	5	$66,840	5.86%	2
New Jersey	$5,352	1	$333,900	1.60%	6	$79,234	6.75%	1
New Mexico	$707	42	$125,500	0.56%	40	$45,435	1.56%	39
New York	$3,076	4	$258,900	1.19%	16	$67,029	4.59%	7
North Carolina	$966	37	$127,600	0.76%	30	$50,656	1.91%	36
North Dakota	$1,326	28	$88,600	1.50%	8	$50,233	2.64%	24
Ohio	$1,598	21	$129,600	1.23%	15	$54,522	2.93%	20
Oklahoma	$635	45	$89,100	0.71%	31	$46,215	1.37%	42
Oregon	$1,910	16	$201,200	0.95%	22	$55,588	3.44%	14
Pennsylvania	$1,937	14	$131,900	1.47%	9	$54,282	3.57%	10
Rhode Island	$3,071	5	$281,300	1.09%	19	$68,935	4.45%	8
South Carolina	$642	44	$113,100	0.57%	39	$48,210	1.33%	43
South Dakota	$1,404	25	$101,700	1.38%	11	$50,317	2.79%	22
Tennessee	$794	40	$114,000	0.70%	33	$48,689	1.63%	38
Texas	$1,926	15	$106,000	1.82%	2	$54,610	3.53%	12
Utah	$1,130	33	$167,200	0.68%	34	$57,529	1.96%	34
Vermont	$2,835	8	$173,400	1.63%	4	$55,892	5.07%	3
Virginia	$1,418	24	$212,300	0.67%	35	$66,473	2.13%	30
Washington	$2,250	11	$227,700	0.99%	21	$63,331	3.55%	11
West Virginia	$389	48	$84,400	0.46%	46	$40,088	0.97%	48
Wisconsin	$2,777	9	$152,600	1.82%	1	$57,975	4.79%	5
Wyoming	$737	41	$135,000	0.55%	41	$52,829	1.40%	41
District of Columbia	$1,444		$384,400	0.38%		$77,820	1.86%