January 15, 2015
“The more you earn, the less in local taxes you pay, a new analysis shows, and several states are considering policies to lighten wealthy residents’ tax burden even more.
“Virtually every state’s tax system is fundamentally unfair,” the study, completed by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says, according to The New York Times.”
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