https://blog.thomas-bray.com/tags/new-england/Recent content in New-England on Rabid CuriosityHugoen-usThomas BrayTue, 17 Mar 2026 10:30:00 -0500https://blog.thomas-bray.com/posts/public-finance-northeast/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:30:00 -0500https://blog.thomas-bray.com/posts/public-finance-northeast/<h2 id="the-fiscal-character-of-the-northeast">The Fiscal Character of the Northeast</h2> <p>The Northeast—New England plus the Middle Atlantic states—is America&rsquo;s oldest industrial and commercial core. Its fiscal profile reflects that history: high taxes, high services, dense and aging infrastructure, and long-standing commitments to public institutions that are expensive to maintain and politically difficult to reduce.</p> <p>The region encompasses two distinct sub-regions with meaningfully different characters.</p> <h2 id="new-england">New England</h2> <p>Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont share geography but diverge sharply on fiscal philosophy.</p>