sin tax

Next, I would get some more money from sin taxes.

But that is no reason to give up on this "sin tax."

A sin tax is when the government taxes things that are considered to be bad for society.

Kennedy also saw using an increase in sin tax as a way to pay for the expanded coverage.

The remaining $84 million, or 48 percent, was from a 15-year sin tax.

The remaining $84 million was raised by the sin tax.

No, the company insists, it does not expect any "sin tax" on alcohol to pay for health care.

They are also leaning toward "sin taxes," like a higher tax on cigarettes.

White House officials are more than willing to talk about the sin taxes that will be raised to support health-care reform.

If their theory is true, the next generation of politicians would not be able to depend on sin taxes.

Energy and sin taxes, with offsets for the poor, could solve Congress's problem.

Sin tax is used for taxes on activities that are considered socially undesirable.

Alcohol is judged sinful so we created a "sin tax."

The Maryland governor has promised to veto proposed sin taxes.

President Clinton wants to raise $105 billion over seven years from what he calls new "sin taxes."

The idea that the education of future generations should depend on increasing sin taxes is not unique to Texas.

The sin taxes are often sold as if they are not really tax increases at all.

Only it turned out to be the Sin Tax.

This, by the way, is part of a general surge in state dependency on sin taxes to tide them over when times get tough.

A sin tax is a tax that falls heaviest on the poor.

Even the idea of increasing "sin taxes" on cigarettes and alcohol was considered too controversial to include.

We propose a sin tax on the purchase of pet food, equipment, grooming and care.

Increasing these "sin taxes" seemed to him a natural way to pay for a 50 percent annual expansion in treatment programs he envisioned.

These are sometimes referred to as sin taxes.

The taxes on tobacco and alcohol, known as sin taxes, are not sufficient.