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‘Millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year for Massachusetts, blowing past projections (www.bostonglobe.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That is a lot of money for a state.

In Minnesota, we raised sales tax for a county of 1.2 million people for 20 years to pay $355 million for the Twins stadium.

This money could fund schools, or public transportation, or just tax cut for the people that actually need the money.

Increase the millionaire tax.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

$1.8 billion can buy your state 6 new stadiums!

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 6 points 6 months ago

Or something actually useful