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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Adding a $1 per pack tax to cigarettes could raise more than $9 billion a year for states, health advocates said on Wednesday, and a poll released with the study shows Americans would support such a tax.
The poll, conducted by International Communications Research, found 60 percent of voters would support the [...]

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The “Laffer Curve” first came to public prominence back in the heyday of Reaganomics and “supply side” ideas. The concept is simple and, once you think about it, obvio
us (I say “once you think about it,” because even though it’s been around since the 14th century, it took Arthur Laffer to get people thinking about [...]

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