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Friday, November 1, 2013

Taxes

News                                                                                                                             
Bloomberg | Soda Tax of 20% May Cut U.K. Obesity Rate by 180,000
A 20 percent tax on sugary drinks in the U.K. would cut the nation’s obesity rate by 1.3 percent, with the greatest benefit for people under 30, a study found.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
CATO | ‘There Is No Such Thing as an Individual Mandate. It’s a Tax.’
That’s what Department of Justice attorney Joel McElvain said in open court last week. And thus the Obama administration reversed itself once again on whether the individual mandate is a tax.