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Sin Tax Scandal? The Hidden Underbelly of these Buzzy Excise Taxes

We all think we understand sin taxes, but do we really? Sin taxes are typically excise taxes that target behaviors that we want to discourage.

Sin taxes are excise taxes imposed on goods or behaviors – like booze and cigarettes – that lawmakers deem harmful. In addition to raising revenue,

How high would taxes have to boost the cost of a pack of cigarettes before you’d stop smoking? $5 a pack? $10 a pack? $15

When I was in the UK years ago, a friend offered me a slice of bread with a creamy brown spread on top. “Try it,”

Last week, a friend and I saw a group of Eagles fans walking down Main Street and were shocked to notice that every single one

There’s no way round it: Americans are getting fat. According to the CDC, there has been a “dramatic increase in obesity” over the past twenty

I’ve posted before about sin taxes – this notion of using tax as a means of controlling or modifying behavior. In the UK, the Chancellor