Budget & Taxes CIGARETTE TAXES SPURRING COSTLY CRIME: Forty-seven states, the District of Columbia and New York City have increased their tobacco taxes a total of 113 times since 2000, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. All that... Read More
U.S. taxpayers are under siege as the Obama administration and Congress cook up "creative" ways to generate revenue that can pay for our expanding platter of social entitlements. Excise taxes generate billions for the government to spend. The... Read More