When given the opportunity to pay a slightly higher state income tax rate in Massachusetts, Big Government Democrats decline that chance.

When they think no one is looking, high-income earners such as Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, and former Rep. Joe Kennedy III have declined an opportunity to pay even a fraction of a percent extra in taxes. They’re all liberals from Massachusetts, a state that has a voluntary 5.85% state income tax rate. This rate exists for people who oppose tax cuts and want to pay a higher rate.