Happiness is Paying your Taxes

CBC reported on June 15 that "paying taxes can make citizens happy." The source of the article was purportedly a study done at the University of Oregon and published in Science magazine. I hope the nice folks who set our income tax rates didn't see this!

I think there may something to it though. I do find that when I make my quarterly installment payments there is a feeling of satisfaction from knowing that what's left of the money sitting in my bank account is all mine. However, that feeling fades pretty quickly, and is usually completely gone by the time the next bill arrives.