By raising the state's cigarette tax from 10 cents to 35 cents per pack, or 250 percent, Proposition 99 created an opportunity for smugglers to drive a tractor-trailer load of cigarettes into California and make $50,000 in criminal profit, reducing California's excise tax revenue
Tambourine is sparse on the bands sophomore record Cry , but lack of jingle is the least of frontman Greg Gonzalezs problems on this release
A superior design would be a tax based on volume, as volume is a better proxy for the harm associated with consumption (the negative externalityAn externality, in economic terms, is a side effect or consequence of an activity that is not reflected in the cost of that activity, and not primarily borne by those directly involved in said activity
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Read more about Brooks Coleman's remarkable journey in this touching article from the Gwinnett Daily Post