Daily Archives: Dec. 15, 2008

How highly taxed are we? Fair to middlin’

According to the Tax Foundation’s comparison of the nation’s 1,800 largest counties, in 2007 Sedgwick County ranked:

-707th in how much we paid in property taxes, a median of $1,349

-462rd on how much we paid as a percent of home value (the median was $109,500), 1.2 percent

-823rd in how much we paid as a percent of median family income (the median was $59,678), 2.2 percent

The lower the rank, the higher the tax burden. 19 of the 20 most expensive counties were in New York and the least expensive were all in Louisiana.

On oil, OPEC cuts and a staggering economy

Here’s the latest take on oil, in the wake of last night’s 13-cent runup in unleaded prices in Wichita.

Interestingly wide diversity of opinion, from the bottom has been reached to $30 a barrel oil.