About Alabama — Do Low Taxes Produce Efficient Government?

A recent Census Bureau report shows that Alabama remains the lowest-taxing state in the U.S. Tax collections in 2011 — both state and local — amounted to $2,904 per Alabamian, about 2.2 percent lower than the tax revenue in second-place South Carolina. But do we get our money’s worth for that investment? Low tax collections don’t mean everyone’s taxes are low…