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Crack Dealers Finally Get a Break

10 September 2007

An appeals court in Tennessee has ruled that the “crack tax” is not constitutionally valid. The “crack tax” is exactly what it sounds like – a tax (with penalty and interest, if applicable) on the possession of crack and other “unauthorized substances” under Tennessee law. The court ruled that “the statute is arbitrary, capricious, and [...]

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Big Pimpin’

1 September 2006

I previously posted about the pimp tax.  Catch the Daily Show’s take on it:  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yEVgeEkEK0]

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Pimp my Tax

28 June 2006

Ah, those revenue-raising schemes…  They just keep getting better and better. The Senate Finance Committee will vote today on what’s being touted the "pimp tax" proposed by Iowa Republican Charles Grassley.  The bill will authorize the expenditure of more than $2 million to establish an office in the IRS Criminal Investigation unit to prosecute unlawful [...]

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