SIX MONTHS TO GO UNTIL THE LARGEST TAX HIKES IN HISTORY

Taxes

SIX MONTHS TO GO UNTIL THE LARGEST TAX HIKES IN HISTORY

In less than six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect...

AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM

Taxes

FANNIE-FREDDIE BAILOUT COULD COST TAXPAYERS $1 TRILLION

American taxpayers are already on the hook for some $145 billion in housing losses connected to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans; some say that's just the tip of the iceberg...

CNBC

Taxes

SMOKERS LOSE, BUT OTHER "SINNERS" WIN

While many states are snuffing out smoking through higher "sin taxes," they often encourage other "sinners" to "sin" more freely in an effort to generate revenue, says Josh Barro, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute...

REAL CLEAR MARKETS

Health Issues

NEW YORK'S CRACKDOWN ON SMOKE-EASIES

It has been an open secret for years among New York's late-night set that there is a network of so-called "smoke-easies" throughout the city...

REASON

Health Issues

THE TYRANNY OF THE ANTI-JUNK FOOD CRUSADE

The idea that thousands of lives could be saved if people stopped eating the "wrong" food is pie in the sky, says Rob Lyons, deputy editor of Spiked...

SPIKED

Regulatory Issues

HOW RISKY IS IT, REALLY?

Risks that are natural aren't as upsetting as risks that are human-made, says David Ropeik, author, consultant and Harvard University instructor...

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH/WASHINGTON POST/PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

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