I cannot speak for Texas, but the roads are well maintained in New Hampshire!

We still have to pay federal income tax. There is no state income tax.

Yes we have public schools and hospitals, yes we pave our roads. I think a lot of people have been led to believe it is either or, but it turns out when taxes are lowered, government starts prioritizing their spending better.

We have a lot of taxes for specific uses, where only tbe user pays it: a tax on liquor, toll roads, a tax on gambling profits and a tax on hotel stays.  None of these are essential goods or services. So if you don't use them, you don't pay it. 🙂

Lol, fair enough

You know you can pay additional tax voluntarily, right?

New Hampshire has no sales tax either. At the local level we have property tax.  We also collect a decent amount of money from toll roads, a tax on liquor, a tax on gambling profits and a tax on hotel stays and restaurants.  Oh and there is a payroll tax.

As you can see, we rely more on user fees than broad based taxes.  The way to lower your taxes is to not partake in these services.

As you mentioned, both income and sales tax are basically a tax on living your normal life.

Yep! There is a Liberty community on this server and several others 🙂

https://lemmy.world/c/libertarianism

You got me! 🙂

• Yes, our property taxes are kind of high. There is legislation proposed this year to cap them at inflation.
• I don't think our Business Enterprise (payroll) tax is that high, but there is also a rollback planned for this year, from 0.55% to 0.50%.
• We receive our share of federal gas tax, and we have tolls on the major highways which generate money for road repairs. That's more of a user fee than a tax, which is much better!

All of that still doesn't change the fact that our workers take home 100% of their pay (from the state at least)! 🙂

The states have to get their revenue from somewhere. For NH, it's corporate taxes and property taxes. It's a problem, and they're looking to raise government fees in 2026 to generate more revenue.

No, the roads are great. My neighborhood was just repaved this summer! 🙂

You're right. There's still work to do!

Weed is legal for medical use, and a bill for recreational use passed the house this year, but it died in the Senate.

Also, there is legislation to cap property taxes at the rate of inflation.

We probably have the coolest state motto, haha!