Indirect Taxation

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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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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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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Fuel Price & Taxes

watchblog.com     Aug 17, 2008          

It has come to my attention ..... Our states, mine in particular, are not collecting revenues off gas taxes like they have in the past. The number of miles driven was down over 1 billion last month and our states are not...                    

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One of These Commercials is Not Like The Other! What's the difference?

blogabarbara.blogspot.com     Aug 17, 2008          

The other day, I did a post about Tony Strickland's attack ad which was paid for by special interests (California Taxpayer Protection Committee). Today, I present to you his ad and her ad. His ad makes false claims -- see...                    

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wsvn.com: Fla. revenue estimate down, Crist eyes reserves wsvn.com

Fla. revenue estimate down, Crist eyes reserves

wsvn.com     Aug 16, 2008   6 related          

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist said he may ask lawmakers to tap reserves and a tobacco settlement trust fund to make up for the latest in a series of revenue shortfalls that emerged Friday from a meeting of state...                    

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Economics Continues to Dominate Presidential Campaign

newsblaze.com     Aug 16, 2008          

By Michelle Austein The 2006 midterm elections, in which dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq helped Democrats gain control of Congress, seemed to indicate that foreign policy would dominate the 2008 campaign. As the number of...                    

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