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  • But if that's what Mr. Akerson means, then he'd better say so, because he now sounds like another antimobility environmentalist pushing a sin-tax increase.

    Why Your New Car Doesn't Have a Spare Tire Sam Kazman 2011

  • But if that's what Mr. Akerson means, then he'd better say so, because he now sounds like another antimobility environmentalist pushing a sin-tax increase.

    Why Your New Car Doesn't Have a Spare Tire Sam Kazman 2011

  • Pressed on the sin-tax question, Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman quipped, "The president's upstairs having a drink and a cigar and will make that decision shortly."

    The Power Of Sin 2008

  • Incidentally the Conservative home analysis of Jake's selection commented on his spolling, grimmeur and sin-tax and this may account for not more nice but dim Tories having blogs.

    Who do so Few Candidates Have Blogs? 2007

  • Incidentally the Conservative home analysis of Jake's selection commented on his spolling, grimmeur and sin-tax and this may account for more nice but dim Tories not having blogs.

    Archive 2007-02-25 2007

  • The Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AHI) said on Wednesday it appreciated the importance of fiscal discipline and international competitiveness emphasised in the 1997/98 Budget but criticised the increases of "sin-tax" excise duties.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • You may try high-tax and low-tax but all the time you will have sin-tax and more sin than tax.

    Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures George W. Bain

  • Frankly, California and other cash-strapped states don't have a whole lot of sin-tax options.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local By Dick Polman 2010

  • Currently, the so called state "sin-tax" is 87 cents per pack, but California smokers may soon have to pay a lot more to light up.

    TurnTo23.com - Local News 2009

  • But if you're looking for a sin-tax haven, you could head to a brothel.

    WTOP / Business / Biz Stories 2009

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