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This Tax Day, Liberal Massachusetts Politicians Should Voluntarily Pay Their Fair Share

This Tax Day, Liberal Massachusetts Politicians Should Voluntarily Pay Their Fair Share

Liberal politicians enjoy talking endlessly about big government programs, but who will pay for those programs? When given the opportunity to pay a slightly higher state income tax rate in Massachusetts, big government Democrats who, ideologically, aren't much different from self-described democratic socialists like U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), decline that chance.

Liberal politicians enjoy talking endlessly about big government programs, but who will pay for those programs? When given the opportunity to pay a slightly higher state income tax rate in Massachusetts, big government Democrats who, ideologically, aren't much different from self-described democratic socialists like U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), decline that chance.…