Tag Archives : Sin Tax
Taxes, Incentives, Booze, and Liberty
Would raising taxes save lives?
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Baptists, Bootleggers, and (Pretend-) Meat
When Big Business get in bed with politicians.
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Proposed Tax on Tasty Food Shows Downside of Government Involvement in Health Care
It’s a threat to our liberty.
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A Left-Wing Tax Victory that Is Actually a Triumph for Supply-Side Economics
Why don’t statists apply their understanding of sin taxes to taxes on savings, work, and investment?
read more...The Laffer Curve Bites Ireland in the Butt
Cigarette butt, to be more specific. All over the world, governments impose draconian taxes on tobacco, and then they wind up surprised that projected revenues don’t materialize. We’ve seen this in Bulgaria and Romania, and we’ve seen this Laffer Curve effect in Washington, DC, and Michigan. Even the Government Accountability Office has found big Laffer […]
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