Which is why I said it needs to be handled federally. But to accomplish that, we'd need to agree that it's wrong. And don't seem willing to admit that.
I think you'll find this is not an issue with most Americans. And actually, it would take a constitutional amendment for the feds to control how a state spends (or collects) their own money. It's simply not in the purview of the federal government.
It's like you get it, but just can't give in. Weird.
No, it's just I look at ...
No. I'm taking about how, when you get cornered by the fact that all these taxation shenanigans are an abuse of government power, you fall back on the "everyone is doing it" defense. And I when I say, "right, that's why we need a Constitutional amendment prohibiting the practice for all states" you start shuffling your feet and mumbling. What the hell?
Good luck with that Constitutional amendment thing. I can think of several amendments that would produce much better results for this country. And it's not "everyone is doing it" it's the idea they will do it no matter what you propose.
But I wish to extrapolate on this. Let's say that in my state, the corporate tax is 15%. In yours, it's 11%. Should the federal government come in and force your state to increase their corporate tax rate to 15%? and if not, why not?
Your extrapolation is diversion. And we already covered it. The issue isn't states having different tax rates. It's states offering different tax rates to different companies. Did you forget already?