Kurt Wise
Senior Policy Analyst
Kurt Wise is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, focusing on tax policy.
Before joining MassBudget, Kurt worked as a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
In his twenties and early thirties, Kurt owned and operated a small, book wholesaling business. During that period, he also worked in cabinetry and construction, eventually designing and building his own, super-insulated home in the woods of Pelham, Massachusetts.
Kurt holds a master’s degree in Public Policy Analysis (MPP) from Duke University and a B.A. in Anthropology from UMass Amherst.
Recent
Massachusetts’s Earned Income Tax Credit
The EITC improves the economic security of working families by increasing the after tax incomes of low and moderate wage workers. This factsheet explains how ...
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Where Does the Taxachusetts Label Come From?
This factsheet explains the history of the "Taxachusetts" label and describes how it is at odds with the reality of the level of taxation in ...
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Massachusetts Ranks in Middle for Taxes in FY 2013
Analyzing recently updated data from the Census on state and local taxes across the country, this factsheet compares the overall level of state and local ...
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