Heartland Research & Commentary

Research & Commentary: The Best And Worst Ways To Eliminate A Budget Deficit

John Nothdurft
February 20, 2009

Research & Commentary: The Best And Worst Ways to Eliminate a Budget Deficit

Federal Cigarette Tax Increase Unfit for SCHIP

John Nothdurft
January 12, 2009

Proposals to increase the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents (156 percent), in order to pay for an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), are problematic.

Cap-and-Trade in Pennsylvania

Zonia Pino
December 22, 2008

Virginia Needs Spending Reform, Not Higher Cigarette Taxes

John Nothdurft
December 18, 2008

For years tobacco consumers have been flocking to Virginia to take advantage of the 30 cents-per-pack cigarette tax in order to avoid taxes in Maryland and Washington, DC, where the tax is currentl

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