How government sees you
If you live and work in Florida but go to California for a week to conduct a seminar, should your income for the week be taxed by California?
Most people say “that’s stupid”. But it happens to entertainers and professional athletes every day:
At that point, all the tax collectors have left is a math problem to figure out that Ichiro Suzuki, the highest-paid baseball player in Washington, a tax-free state, will have to pay more than $218,000 in California taxes for the 25 games the Mariners will play there this summer.
Sure, they make a ton of money and can “afford it” but it isn’t right, and it corrupts that attitude of government and voters to think that if people can’t complain or do anything about it they are fair game.
It isn’t fair. It isn’t right. And you know it.