MA actually has two rates, taxpayer's choice: those liberals who prefer high taxes are at liberty to figure their taxes at the 5.85% rate. Kerry, along with over 99% of the MA population, pays at the 5.3% rate.
You are absolutley right, I live in MA. What irritates me is that they don't seem to want to report that. Most people in MA think she "lives" here. Most people in the US think she "lives" here". What a joke. That she lives in a different state then her husband is very revealing about tax laws for the rich and famous. How can two people who are married not live in the same state?