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15 November 2010 - Data Point: Regulating Cigs Matters More Than Taxing Them
An article at the New York Times tells us: A few sorts and moving the cursor over the national map quickly present these facts: The state with the highest price per pack (in 2007, the most recent data) was New Jersey, $6.34. The cheapest was South Carolina, $3.31. And New Jersey had the highest per-pack [...]

04 October 2008 - Awesome Parable on Taxes
From the Rhode Island Blog Anchor Rising: Sep 19, 2008Public Tax Meeting We Voted On It John JJ Richman was making breakfast when he heard the crowd outside. They seemed just shy of hostile. He opened his door to see about 65 townspeople, out of a town of 100. Two spokesmen were standing on the [...]

23 September 2008 - Soak the Rich, Take the Risk
This article shows another reason that we shouldn’t soak the rich: The first person to testify, Rutgers economist James Hughes, confirmed the grim possibilities facing the Garden State. “A sharp economic rebound is not in the cards,” Hughes said. “We still have a lot of pain to go through.” Forty percent of New Jersey’s income [...]

11 July 2008 - Bar Stool Economics
After reading Dennis’s post (based on this Powerline post), I saw this great post on Living Jersey about bar-stool economics. The rich guy must have gone to Pennsylvania.

26 March 2008 - Group aims to recall the Governor – Wow!
From Newsday: The group has started a Web site at www.recallcorzinenow.com where people can download and print recall petitions. They petitions state, “It is our intention to recall Jon Corzine, Governor of the State of New Jersey.” “The focus here is simple _ this guy is not doing the job and he needs to go,” [...]

24 March 2008 - Economic Stimulus Welfare!
I just received a notice from the IRS regarding the economic stimulus plan. The good news is according to the IRS, I have to do nothing to receive my money aside from filing my tax return. The bad news is that very few people I know in New Jersey qualify. You see, they explain that [...]

15 March 2008 - Attention NJ Residents – Here’s who to blame for your higher tax bill!
Democrats in the House and Senate this week voted to end most of the Bush tax cuts and let them expire in 2010. This will result in the largest tax increase in years which will be on the back on the next President. Even the USA Today which is far from a conservative newspaper stated [...]

23 February 2008 - Megan McArdle’s Article, "Tax Me More"
In a relatively tight space, just 1,150 words, Megan McArdle at The Atlantic pretty much shreds the argument that people want to have higher taxes. An excerpt: But most people do not appear to think that the government (or anyone else) has a morally salient better use for their money than they do; otherwise, they [...]

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