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'Sin Tax' Costs Outweigh Benefits

By Michael D. Thomas, William F. Shughart II, Adam J. Hoffer

Feb 5, 2013

Lobbying against sin taxes is socially wasteful, and the burden of the taxes falls most heavily on the poor.

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