| joe and mary live next door to david and mike. joe and mary have a lovely daughter who is 9-years old and goes to public school.
mary was a successful businesswoman before she got married and has quit her job ever since she was pregnant.
joe and mary file joint 1040 and as a household pays about 20k in federal income tax.
david and mike both work and combined make a little more than joe. since the state they live does not recognize their marriage and therefore they can only file their 1040’s as individuals without all the itemized deductions, they pay about 40k income tax combined – doubling what their neighbors pay.
joe and mary also pay property tax on their house at about 8k a year.
david and mike have a similar house and pay about 8k for property tax as well. of the 8k, ~3k is levied by the isd where joe and mary’s daughter goes school.
benefit? sacrifice? rights? compelling interest? |