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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, December 13, 2024

Observercast

Sin Taxes Are A Shame

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BY FROMA HARROP Sly industry-sponsored ads in which ordinary Americans worry about some scheme in Congress generally irritate me. A grunt greeted the TV spot you’ve no doubt seen: A woman unloading groceries frets over a proposed “tax on juice, milk and soda” as Americans like her count every penny. She doesn’t mention that the […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.