It didn't pass in the last Congress and no one voted for it when it came up for a vote in the U.S. Senate, but the Green New Deal is back.
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) is once again the lead sponsor for it in the U.S. Senate, while self-described democratic socialist U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is its lead sponsor in the U.S. House of Representatives.
If you live in Massachusetts, odds are you pay a lot more in state and local taxes than the average American does.
Massachusetts residents ranked sixth in state and local taxes paid in fiscal year 2018, according to data released by the Tax Foundation last week. The average Bay Stater paid $7,006 in state and local taxes. That also ranked second among New England states. Only Connecticut ranked ahead ($8,494) — and second in the country overall.
