It's Official - Arizona is a Low Tax State

Nope, I'm not making it up! It's official. So official in fact, it was reported in the newspaper. In the March 14, 2009 editorial page of the East Valley Tribune, the papers reports that according to a new George Mason University study, "Arizonans can be proud that they live in one of the 'freest' state (sic) in the Union, as measured by keeping government out of our lives and" (here's the money quote) "taking as little of our tax money as possible."

So I guess this means we won't be hearing any more of that baloney about how overtaxed we are. I wonder what the Goldwater Institute and the local chapter of "Americans for Prosperity" are going to do now that their pet peeve has been disproved?

The report is titled "Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom" and it's a free PDF download.