http://www.taxgirl.com/fund-childrens-insurance-on-the-backs-of-smokers/ tax news, tax info and tax policy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.taxgirl.com/fund-childrens-insurance-on-the-backs-of-smokers/#comment-3383 Taxing Bottled Water: Saving the Environment or Killing Business? Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:19:12 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/fund-childrens-insurance-on-the-backs-of-smokers/#comment-3383 [...] government uses tax as a method of altering taxpayers’ behavior. Different governments tax cigarettes, sweets and fatty foods and other “unhealthy” or “sinful” behaviors [...] [...] government uses tax as a method of altering taxpayers’ behavior. Different governments tax cigarettes, sweets and fatty foods and other “unhealthy” or “sinful” behaviors [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/fund-childrens-insurance-on-the-backs-of-smokers/#comment-3382 Fix the Tax Code Friday: Cigarette Tax Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:37:55 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/fund-childrens-insurance-on-the-backs-of-smokers/#comment-3382 [...] Fix the Tax Code Friday question is a reflection of the failed bill to fund insurance for children: Should smokers pay for the children’s health insurance bill with an increase in cigarette [...] [...] Fix the Tax Code Friday question is a reflection of the failed bill to fund insurance for children: Should smokers pay for the children’s health insurance bill with an increase in cigarette [...]

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