Once again tax day has come and gone and I’m hurting from the beating that both the state and federal government have given me. I don’t mind paying some taxes make the country a better place but not only is the current level of taxation outrageous, it seems like the government is working against the country and using the citizens money to rapidly flush it down the toilet.
I believe I’ve posted this before but since it shows the hypocrisy of the virtue signaling people of Massachusetts, I will post it once again….
Years ago, the organization Citizens for Limited Taxation pushed through an optional higher tax rate for Massachusetts citizens. The reasoning behind this was that they thought it would show how hypocritical the left is, and boy, were they right.
The optional higher tax rate appears as a checkbox on the Mass State Tax form and allows taxpayers to change their tax rate from the default of 5.0% to the higher rate of 5.85%. Since it’s Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states in the country, you would think that all of the leftists would be checking the box.
Not so.
There are roughly 4,000,000 taxpayers in Massachusetts. Of that four million, only 1,083 people have chosen to pay the 5.85% rate. (and knowing the people that live in this state, I’m guessing that most of them checked the box by accident)
So, in the great liberal Mecca called Massachusetts, only 0.0271% of these fine liberals are willing to pay at a higher rate.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
