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Taxes of the Times, II

Submitted by Joe Pryor, Dec 27, 2007 11:45

The NYT Business Section also just proposed an increase in the taxes on wine and beer to cover the social cost of alcohol as it relates to health care and drunken driving accidents. The scramble on the left is to tie tax increases to social health as a justification knowing full well that economic laws are not on their side.


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Dec 27, 2007 16:35

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Dec 27, 2007 08:53

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Dec 27, 2007 05:08

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