1 Maine 13.00%
4 Rhode Island 11.40%
6 Vermont 11.10%
12 Connecticut 10.50%
32 Massachusetts 9.80%
49 New Hampshire 7.40%
I love this chart. It's particularly useful to people who lump all New England states together because of the federal politics, but don't see that some states have low taxes and it's the cost of living that kills people. Interesting that Maine and N.H. each elect two Republican senators, but with such a divergent approach to taxation.
The Democratic majority now in the statehouse in Concord New Hampshire is eager to move my state higher up the list. We have a Democratic governor who claims he will veto any proposal for a sales or income tax, but I don't trust him with a Dem majority in the Legislature.