Floridians don't feel that way...since we have no state income tax.

Nor do we in Washington State. You pay other taxes instead. Sounds like your
local assessor has become super aggressive in updating the value of your real
property. The motivation behind that is most likely *not* to save you money in
property taxes.

Still, the state and local tax bills are piling up quickly. Part of the problem
is the FEDGOV has not come through with the funding promised for the Homeland
Security measures they demanded from the various states.