Here's an interesting little editorial about taxation from 1907-2007 complete with charts. His point about state and local taxes is one that is rarely addressed.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/a_century_of_taxes.html
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin