Excise Tax

                   

Out-Of-State Winies, The LCB, And God

philadelphiaweekly.com     Aug 18, 2008          

In the beginning, God created man and the ethyl alcohol molecule. Later, man discovered the ethyl alcohol molecule was psychoactive. In other words, he discovered how to get drunk. Alcohol is officially endorsed by both God and...                    

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Events in Russia Could Push U.S. Toward a Clearer Energy Policy (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com     Aug 18, 2008          

by: Jim Kingsdale posted on: August 18, 2008 | about stocks: I recently had lunch with a top U.S Department of Energy executive. This very charming individual was unable to define what the present U.S. energy policy is. But...                    

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Woodside warns of gas tax price hike

news.com.au     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

Samantha Maiden, Online political editor | August 19, 2008 WOODSIDE Petroleum has warned that the Rudd Government's new $2.5 billion new tax on condensate could be passed on to consumers in the form of higher gas prices after...                    

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Is 'clean tech' a bubble or a long-term boom?

delawareonline.com     Aug 18, 2008          

The amount of venture capital invested in "clean tech" -- the raft of technologies that would create a greener economy -- nearly doubled from 2005 to 2006, reaching about $3 billion, according to a study conducted at the...                    

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Focus on Hong Kong as fine wine market looks east

yahoo.com     Aug 17, 2008   1 related          

HONG KONG (AFP) - Just weeks after Hong Kong scrapped a 40 percent duty on wine this year, American entrepreneur and oenophile Stephen Bachmann flew here to investigate business opportunities. This autumn Bachmann, who runs a...                    

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Flush With Energy: Gasoline, CO2 taxes have fertilized Denmark's economy

newsvine.com     Aug 17, 2008   1 related          

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:09 AM EDT “The cure [to the energy crisis] is not to reduce [gasoline prices], but, on the contrary, to raise it even higher to break our addiction to oil. We are going to...                    

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General tax relief needed by Hawaii's families

westhawaiitoday.com     Aug 17, 2008   3 related          

Last week we noted how the general excise tax has a characteristic similar to a retail sales tax in that since it is imposed on transactions or sales, the tax tends to be regressive, taking more out of a low-income family's...                    

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Why fuel subsidies don't work

iht.com     Aug 17, 2008   1 related          

When countries adopted bad economic policies in decades past, only their own citizens paid a price. A case in point is the use of fuel subsidies to protect citizens of developing economies from rising prices. As Keith Bradsher...                    

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Prison to aid Tabor's budget

myrtlebeachonline.com     Aug 17, 2008          

Tabor City, N.C., population 2,500, will be getting 1,500 new residents starting next month. And although they'll hardly be walking the streets, their presence will mean the town can balance its books without having to go into...                    

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Economy is key issue in congressional race

nashuatelegraph.com     Aug 17, 2008          

When congressional hopeful Jim Steiner attended a recent family reunion, the crowd was significantly smaller than in past years. And the campground where they gathered had far more open sites than usual for a midsummer weekend....                    

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