This new tool describes 28 ways the Commonwealth could generate substantial new revenue in a manner that would fall least heavily on people with the least ability to pay. Each option presented below is economically progressive (see breakout box, below). Therefore, each proposal requires households with high incomes to contribute more as a share of their household income than households with low or moderate incomes would. Massachusetts could enact one or many of these policies and thereby start raising additional revenue without delay while also reducing inequality.
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