Truly Bizarre Taxes: The Tax on Illegal Drugs

Written by Richard A, Chapo


One can never underestimaterepparttar enthusiasm that politicians have for trying to hunt up tax revenues. The creativity of some politicians can lead to bizarre taxes and unfortunate results.

Taxes on Illegal Drugs

One argument forrepparttar 142352 legalization of various narcotics is that massive tax revenues would be created. Interestingly, a few states already are trying to collect such taxes!

More than 10 states have tried to tax people that possess illegal drugs. For example, Kansas levies a drug tax on dealers as soon as they take possession ofrepparttar 142353 substance. To avoid prosecution for failure to payrepparttar 142354 drug tax, individuals possessingrepparttar 142355 drugs are supposed to purchase “drug tax stamps” and attachrepparttar 142356 stamps torepparttar 142357 drugs in question. The stamps are valid for 3 months.

In an apparent attempt to promote compliance,repparttar 142358 Kansas Department of Revenue promises:

“A dealer is not required to give his/her name or address when purchasing stamps andrepparttar 142359 Department is prohibited from sharing any information relating torepparttar 142360 purchase of drug tax stamps with law enforcement or anyone else.”

The tax is levied on cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines and other hard drugs. Interestingly,repparttar 142361 state collected over $300,000 in such taxes by going after individuals that were charged with criminal activity. This is better known asrepparttar 142362 “Al Capone Theory”, which is derived fromrepparttar 142363 fact that authorities were able to put awayrepparttar 142364 famous mobster on tax evasion charges. Alas, criminal prosecutors have not always welcomedrepparttar 142365 illegal drug tax.

“Do Discount Fee for Medical Service Programs Really Work?”

Written by Topher John


“With Health Insurance Rates onrepparttar Rise, More People are Buying Into These Discount Card Programs”

Having a Health Insurance Policy provides a great sense of security for many families. Most people with health insurance usually have it through their employer andrepparttar 142351 employee andrepparttar 142352 employer may sharerepparttar 142353 responsibility on payingrepparttar 142354 premium. Even though health insurance coverage provides a great benefit, it also provides a great fear that looms over our heads. The fear of not being able to afford health insurance or not having health insurance can provide great difficulty to many people.

We can also see a trend that more people do not have job-based health insurance. I’m sure if you have been inrepparttar 142355 work force forrepparttar 142356 last 5-10 years you can see that rates are rising every year (I have experienced a 20% increase in my rate last year alone) and with those high rates we have to pay more of a deductible. You have to wonder how longrepparttar 142357 middle class family can sustain health coverage. Plus I know supplemental Health Insurance (specifically Dental and Vision Care) is out ofrepparttar 142358 question for me to provide to my family. It really is a shame isn’t it?

So our system is faced with many challenges, perhaps our healthcare system needs a total overhaul. So what are we to do? Well, I’m not sure if there is anything we can do to changerepparttar 142359 entire system immediately. However, if you are like me we can do something that will help limitrepparttar 142360 costs of supplemental Health Care. For those who cannot affordrepparttar 142361 additional $100.00 per month for Dental Care on top of your $650.00 plus payment for medical insurance, I would suggest into researching a supplemental health care program.

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