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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (336889)6/19/2007 2:50:13 AM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan
by JOHN TIERNEY

The University of Oregon announced a new piece of research last week with a startling headline: “Paying taxes, according to the brain, can bring satisfaction.”

Could this be true? The research is in the new issue of Science, so it’s got the right pedigree, but still. How could politicians have gotten it so wrong? Even the most liberal Democratic candidates never imagined a lot of voters whistling as they merrily write out checks to the I.R.S. ......
nytimes.com