Property taxes being the source of local education funding, at least in Maine, it might be worth your while to take a look at Property Taxes on Owner-Occupied Housing by State, 2007. Maine is not the worst off, but not so very well off either! (via TaxProfBlog)
Prosecutor: Something must be done! War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes.
Chicolini: Hey, I got an uncle lives in Taxes.
Prosecutor: No, I’m talking about taxes – money, dollars!
Chicolini: Dollars! There’s-a where my uncle lives! Dollars, Taxes!
Marx Brothers, Duck Soup
video (Routine begins @ 3:04)