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ItsjustMe

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 10:50 PM Aug 2023

Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going ...

Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.

Students in Massachusetts will get free lunch and breakfast at school thanks to a new 4% tax put on people who earn more than $1 million.

Massachusetts voters passed a constitutional amendment that went into effect at the beginning of 2023 to put an additional 4% state income tax on people who make more than $1 million per year.

Appropriation of the proceeds from the tax is subject to the state legislature, but lawmakers are expected to use it for public education and infrastructure repairs,
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Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going ... (Original Post) ItsjustMe Aug 2023 OP
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