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Old 12-16-2023, 08:55 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by Irish mist View Post
Connecticut tried just this in 1991. The last state to do so. They instituted an income tax with the promise that property taxes would go down, and they did, for several years...and then went right back up.

Their sales tax is almost 7%. They have 7 income tax brackets.

Opening up entire new tax streams never stays static...they always expand over time. NH voters by & large get this.
I remember that and always think of Conn. when people talk about adding a tax.
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