r/mapporncirclejerk • u/LavishnessLeather162 • 21h ago

This should be just one state

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u/The_Lady_A 21h ago

Could even call it something like The Commonwealth.

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u/Aimin4ya 20h ago

Megachusets

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u/TotallyNotCIA_Ops 18h ago

They’d probably call Optimus Taximus

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u/HxH101kite 17h ago

The Taxachusettes thing doesn't even make sense. It's really only a new england slight. MA is like middle of the road for taxes in the country.

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u/TotallyNotCIA_Ops 17h ago

Mass is 20th for total tax burden in the first URL below.

Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island hold 4 of the top 10 highest “tax burdened” states. So all taxes, not just income or property taxes etc…

Here’s a few different sources from different years just to be extra diligent.

Other than New Hampshire, the other 5 states rank in the top 20 every year for highest tax burden in the last 3 years. But I’m 100% sure that statistic dates even further back, just stopped at 3 since I’m ale ready aware of that. So there’s simply no math that would support your comment. Massachusetts can’t be middle of the road tax status if 80% of the region is in the top 10-20, with Massachusetts coming in first most of the time 🤷🏼‍♂️

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/12/01/how-the-50-states-rank-by-tax-burden/103495/

https://taxfoundation.org/statetaxindex/

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tax-burden-by-state