Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
Many in UK willing to pay for green space
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — People in the UK are willing to pay more—in taxes or rent/mortgage payments—in order to get greener urban spaces with more tree coverage, according to a new survey. Continue…
Monday, November 21, 2011 12:48 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jun 28, 2011 11:10 - 3 Comments
Weighing in on why soda tax won’t work
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Obese people are more likely to drink diet soda, so a tax on sugary drinks will not only not curb obesity, it could also penalize people who aren’t overweight. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 9, 2011 14:59 - 0 Comments
Education spending hot, foreign aid not
U. CHICAGO (US) — Education is the top spending priority of Americans for the tenth time since 1990, according to a new report that finds aid to the poor has replaced health care for the No. 2 position. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 5, 2010 15:51 - 0 Comments
Poor families hardest hit by carbon tax
U. LEEDS (UK)—Taxing individuals for the amount of carbon they use would hit the poor and those living in the north of the U.K. hardest, forcing them to pay four times more as a proportion of their income than higher earners. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 2, 2010 19:06 - 17 Comments
Junk food tax works to cut calories
U. BUFFALO (US)—One way to stem the rising rates of obesity may be to mimic the successful approach used to decrease smoking: taxes. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 30, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments
As illegitimacy rates soar, so do costs
“Sex may be free,” says John Witte, a law professor at Emory University. “But children are not.” In his new book, Witte argues that government should enforce a “much firmer imposition of ongoing civil responsibility for the care and support of an innocent child born of such conduct.”
