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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Cigarette Tax

19 October 2007

Today’s 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 tax?

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Fund children’s insurance on the backs of smokers?

1 October 2007

Okay, don’t get me wrong. I think that providing universal health care options for children should be a priority in our country. However, shifting the burden to smokers to avoid what is essentially a political fight (the “who will pay for it” argument going on between the President and the Senate) is just a bit [...]

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