Comments on: On Cigarette Laws and Pigovian Taxes, Part II http://dqydj.net/on-cigarette-laws-and-pigovian-taxes-part-ii/ The Intersection of Economics, Politics, and Personal Finance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tax Incidence – Don’t Quit Your Day Job http://dqydj.net/on-cigarette-laws-and-pigovian-taxes-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Tax Incidence – Don’t Quit Your Day Job Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:38:42 +0000 http://dqydj.net/?p=301#comment-1285 [...] a previous article, I discussed the importance of understanding elasticities (the responsiveness of units supplied or [...] [...] a previous article, I discussed the importance of understanding elasticities (the responsiveness of units supplied or [...]

]]> By: tres http://dqydj.net/on-cigarette-laws-and-pigovian-taxes-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-91 tres Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:57:26 +0000 http://dqydj.net/?p=301#comment-91 This is relevant to the current debate about how to fund health care reform. Some suggest taxing cigs and soda, others like Charlie Rangel are introducing a suggestion to add a surtax on the top 1%. One way to settle the debate is to look at which tax actually raises more money for the government. You could also look at the debate from a philosophical level...which tax is just: a progressive tax or the regressive tax. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/daily-chart-tax-the-rich-to-pay-for-health-care.html#more This is relevant to the current debate about how to fund health care reform. Some suggest taxing cigs and soda, others like Charlie Rangel are introducing a suggestion to add a surtax on the top 1%. One way to settle the debate is to look at which tax actually raises more money for the government. You could also look at the debate from a philosophical level…which tax is just: a progressive tax or the regressive tax.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/daily-chart-tax-the-rich-to-pay-for-health-care.html#more

]]> By: Bsull http://dqydj.net/on-cigarette-laws-and-pigovian-taxes-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Bsull Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:16:08 +0000 http://dqydj.net/?p=301#comment-88 I like how you stated "X% increase in price should lead to a <X%"... a little bit off topic but it applies to how guns are illegal in Washington D.C. yet it has still been a city with the most homicides per Capita in recent years. I like how you stated “X% increase in price should lead to a <X%"… a little bit off topic but it applies to how guns are illegal in Washington D.C. yet it has still been a city with the most homicides per Capita in recent years.

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