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Massachusetts Fair Share Surtax

A 4% surtax over $1M that beat revenue forecasts.

Housing Finance / TaxesBallot MeasureLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

B · 17/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Tax very high incomes to fund schools and transport.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics predicted out-migration.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

~$2.2B FY24 beat the ~$1.7B estimate; MassBudget found no clear migration effect; threshold is unindexed.

4 · Liberty check

Taxes top incomes for shared services.

5 · The real tradeoff

Worked fiscally; durability and indexing are open.

Allies & Playbook

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