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Los Angeles Times

Tobacco taxes are great, but Proposition 29 stinks
Los Angeles Times
Discouraging smoking via a harsh tax: Great. Sequestering the money for a limited purpose: Bad. Really bad. Proposition 29 would jack up the state tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack, generating some $800 million a year mostly for cancer research.
California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smokeReuters
Government can't affordto raise tobacco taxesMontreal Gazette
Should state raise tobacco taxes for research, cessation programs?Sacramento Bee
Central Valley Business Times
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CBS News

Taxes, end Obamacare: House Republicans unveil summer wish list
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- If House Republicans have their way this summer, the Bush-era tax cuts would become permanent, "Obamacare" would begin to be dismantled and energy regulations would be rolled back. On Friday, House GOP leaders unveiled their summer ...
Expiring Taxes and US Economic RecoveryHelicopter Association International
Oklahoma House won't hear tax cut agreement; unveils separate proposal to ...The Republic
Top Senate Dem: GOP must accept new taxes on rich, drop Medicare revamp for ...Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Chicago Tribune

House OKs cigarette tax hike
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD — Smokers are likely to pay $1 more a pack after the Illinois House on Friday approved a cigarette tax increase to avoid even deeper cuts to health care for the poor. The House has long been the stumbling block to higher tobacco taxes, ...
Illinois House OKs higher cigarette taxThe State Journal-Register
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Italy PM Monti defends tax authorities as protests mount
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faced protests and catcalls on Saturday as he defended tax authorities against attacks fuelled by his government's unpopular austerity measures. Monti's speech to a passing-out parade of new officers ...


Analysis: Property taxes give NY Westchester edge over peers
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