New Jersey taxes

If there is one thing that unifies residents of New Jersey in these divisive times, it's property taxes: Everybody hates them. One of the Garden State's chief claims to fame -- besides The Sopranos and The Boss -- is that its residents pay the highest property taxes in the country.

While death is still non-negotiable, taxes may not be quite the inevitability that most people believe. Admittedly, those of us who live off our paychecks are stuck with paying federal income tax, but it's pretty clear that state and local taxes vary greatly depending upon where one lives. For...