You're right! Massachusetts is a Commonwealth. If my memory serves me correctly, there are four Commonwealths in the United States: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky.

Don't mistake Commonwealth for "common wealth". In Massachusetts, our taxes are high and the state doesn't share the wealth with everyone who resides here.

I've always said if you can afford to live in Massachusetts, you can afford to live most anywhere in the United States.

Our state does have the nickname of "Taxachusetts". If the state can find a way to tax anything within it's boundaries, it will. We're use to it by now.

Bob