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applegrove

(127,768 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:01 PM Aug 21

Massachusetts has a surtax on the highest earners:

Taxing the rich helped make America
the greatest country on Earth in the 20th century
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Massachusetts has a surtax on the highest earners: (Original Post) applegrove Aug 21 OP

Massachusetts ranks number one as the best state to live in due to its world-class education and health care, sop Aug 21 #1

I did not know that. I love Boston. Been there twice. applegrove Aug 21 #2

WalletHub ranked it as "best state to live in": sop Aug 21 #6

Makes sense. No one needs that second billion. Scrivener7 Aug 21 #3

Might encourage some giving to charity too. applegrove Aug 21 #4

WA has been trying to do that, but repubs always call it an "income tax" and... Wounded Bear Aug 21 #5

sop

(15,714 posts)

1. Massachusetts ranks number one as the best state to live in due to its world-class education and health care,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:27 PM

Aug 21

strong economy, and high quality of life, despite a higher cost of living.

applegrove

(127,768 posts)

2. I did not know that. I love Boston. Been there twice.

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:30 PM

Aug 21

sop

(15,714 posts)

6. WalletHub ranked it as "best state to live in":

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 06:02 PM

Aug 21

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-live-in/62617

They also ranked Massachusetts as the "Best State Economy in the Country":

https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-ranked-best-state-economy-in-the-country

Rankings vary, but Massachusetts is always somewhere near the top.

Scrivener7

(56,889 posts)

3. Makes sense. No one needs that second billion.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:37 PM

Aug 21

applegrove

(127,768 posts)

4. Might encourage some giving to charity too.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:39 PM

Aug 21

Wounded Bear

(62,794 posts)

5. WA has been trying to do that, but repubs always call it an "income tax" and...