A bunch of finance bloggers are passing around a chart from the "Public Policy Institute of New York" that shows, with data from up to 2006, that New York's personal and tax burdens are the highest in the nation's, and also the state spends a lot of money! OMG! "New York To Become Ghost Town After Largest Tax Hike In History?" asks a blogger! Taxes Bleed New Yorkers Dry, claims Clusterstock!
Wow, look at that crazy per capita tax rate! You do the math. Also here is the per capita income state by state. That would be nice if that was charted in with, say, some delicious three-way axis action!