MA (and much of the US) has a multi-level tax system where they all stack up.
Let’s tax someone in Boston, MA making $1.5m/yr
Local = 0% State = 9% (previously 5%) Federal = 37%
So on their final dollar of income they’ll be paying 46% income tax now. Note of course because of graduated income tax schemes, that 46% is not applied to the entire $1.5m but instead only to the amount that fits into the highest bracket.
The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station ( gothamist.com )
A 4% income tax on millionaires will make lunch free for Massachusetts K-12 students ( www.npr.org )