The Tax Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank whose reports have often been used by conservatives in Maine to claim that Mainers are overtaxed, has revised its rankings for the last three years. It turns out that Maine is 15th, not 2nd in the country in terms of tax burden and is only .3% above the national average.

In related news, Republican columnist Dan Billings says repealing the beverage tax won't actually reduce taxes.