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Senate mulls taxing alcohol, sugary drinks to pay for healthcare

Obi Jo wrote 1 week ago: “Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are becom … more →

Tags: health reform, Tax Policy, affordable health insurance, Alcohol, Congress, health, health-care reform, Health Insurance, health insurance access

Still Smoking

justabovesunset wrote 1 month ago: It happened when starting graduate school around 1970 or so – Duke had that wonderful gothic campus, … more →

Tags: smoking, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, Tobacco, FDA Now Regulates Tobacco, Scolds and Busybodies, Regulating Private Behavior

Why Don't They Just Make it Illegal Already?1 comment

liberexmachina wrote 1 month ago: Oh yeah; the Democrats want it both ways. They want to stop people from smoking and tax the snot out … more →

Tags: In The News, bans, overregulation, smoking

No taxation without nectarization

jbohren wrote 1 month ago: The latest craze among those determined to tell the world how to live is the idea that unhealthy foo … more →

Tags: Skeptic, Freedom, Liberty, Diet

Gov. Arnold: Don't Be a Girlie Man; Legalize!2 comments

jacquesdelacroix wrote 1 month ago: Six years ago, you got elected as the candidate of hope against the half-mad and probably corrupt p … more →

Tags: bionotes, President Obama, Buy American, taxes, Cannabis, middle east, Santa Cruz, Republicans, México

TAXES: Forget "Pay to Play". I Say, "Pay to Poo".

Paul Sonderman wrote 1 month ago: Deep Thoughts on Conservation And Taxes Ever since I can remember, people have bitched about paying … more →

Tags: Politics, Soul searching, Government, pop culture, National, helping, activism, business, Economy

MINUTEMEN UPDATE: Senate considering Coke tax

nowooski wrote 2 months ago: The United States Senate is considering a federal tax on pop and other sugary beverages, the Wall St … more →

Tags: MINUTEMEN UPDATE, Lifestyle, Pop, lifestyle tax, taxes, Healthcare, Government, Senate, News

The Nanny Tax Rap1 comment

Danny wrote 2 months ago: This blog is dedicated to the proposition that all taxes are equally annoying and that politicians w … more →

Sin Taxes!

kencollier wrote 2 months ago: The Fort Worth Star Telegram had a nice story on “sin taxes.” In the story, Representati … more →

Tags: Fiscal Policy

I remained silent when they took away cigarettes because I'm not a smoker3 comments

christopherfountain wrote 3 months ago: Well that’s not true, actually, but those of you who applauded the recent tax hike on cigarett … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

The New Cigarette Tax

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Tags: Humor, Random, Entertainment, Personal, Video Blog, Men, silliness, Life, Women

Up In Smoke3 comments

Kate Ryan wrote 3 months ago: Today the federal cigarette tax is going up from 30 cents per pack to $1.01 per pack, the largest-ev … more →

Tags: Economy, Popular Culture, smoking

Sin City Vices Face Taxing Challenges

vbablogger wrote 3 months ago: Las Vegas entertainment to some is not going out to an expensive dinner or even a movie- it’s … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, News, Economy, Drinking, recession, las vegas entertainment, Las Vegas News, taxes

Are Sin Taxes Fair?1 comment

Jonathan Simeone wrote 4 months ago: Democrats want us to believe that the recent expansion of the Children’s State Health Insurance Prog … more →

Tags: Politics, taxes, Democrats, Congress, Children, Cigarettes, States, smoking, smokers

Tax Hiker Of The Year1 comment

Danny wrote 7 months ago: New York Gov. David Paterson wins the award for this laundry list of items he has proposed taxing: … more →

Tags: Internet, Sales, The Tax Hikers, Utilities, gov david paterson, ipod tax, obesity tax

Tax Bites By The Numbers

Danny wrote 8 months ago: The Americans for Tax Reform Foundation has created an enlightening chart that estimates how much mo … more →

Tags: communications, Fees, Food, Gasoline, Lodging, Sales, Tobacco, Utilities

Irony, Sex and American Politics Presents: the Failed 'Sin' Tax

Alexander Rose wrote 11 months ago: Is there anything more ironic than American politics? We watched (mostly Republican) congressmen sha … more →

Tags: sex and politics, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Republicans, Democrats, glory holes

A Rush Of New Taxes For Limbaugh

Danny wrote 1 year ago: Jealous liberal journalists who long to be richer than Rush Limbaugh have been falling all over them … more →

Tags: Tax Tales, Sales, Gasoline, Property, Federal Income, State Income, Business, Rush Limbaugh

Congestion pricing, gasoline, cigarettes, sin taxes, and me.1 comment

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 year ago: When I first moved to New York I had a car. Well, OK, I moved my car here from the friend’s h … more →

Tags: smoking, congestion pricing, Cigarettes, Driving, Cars, Public Transit, Politics


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