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With 9.3% of the state's population and just 0.6% of its land area, Boston generates 15.6% of state jobs, 19.3% of state tax revenue, and 23.5% of Gross State Product. But despite Boston's role as the economic and fiscal engine of Massachusetts, the city receives only a small and shrunken sliver of state aid and revenue sharing, leaving it increasingly dependent on the property tax.
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