A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state.
There is absolutely no data scientist, data engineer, or dev in the “AI space” that has turned down a million+ salary because of the state’s mild marginal tax rate bump. Like, jfc, these pissbabies
Million dollar salaries themselves are incredibly rare. Just executives and star talent whose names alone will bring in more investment. Being really smart isn’t what drives a crazy salary like that.