OPINION: 'TAX BURDEN LINKED TO LEVEL OF HAPPINESS'

(Tax Foundation Blog) -- A posting at the Tax Foundation's policy blog highlights a recent editorial from The Wall Street Journal, which cites a new study in Science magazine finding "New Yorkers are the unhappiest people in America and their neighbors in Connecticut come in a close second, followed by Michigan, Indiana, New Jersey, California, and Illinois." According to a Tax Foundation analysis, "three of the top five unhappiest states — New York, Connecticut and New Jersey — have the highest state-local tax burdens. On the other hand, four of the top five happiest states —Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee and Arizona — are among the states with the lowest state-local tax burdens." See the blog post at <http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/25667.html>