Caffeine Deductions… In Utah?

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports an attempt to tax caffeine: Have a Coke and a tax. That’s what Rep. Craig Frank wants his colleagues in the Legislature to consider. Frank, R-American Fork, has asked lawmakers over the next year to study the potential for taxing caffeine, a response to proposals this session to hike [...]

Death Beer and Taxes

// Lots of discussion in the presidential debate and society in general over how “tax breaks” are distributed across society. Here’s a funny little essay called Bar School Economics byDavid R. Kamerschen, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, University of Georgia Bar Stool Economics Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill [...]