Matt Collins
07-15-2010, 03:04 PM
U.S. government pockets $20.6B in sin taxes in FY’09
Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
The U.S. federal government collected $20.6 billion in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition in fiscal year 2009, up 41 percent from the previous fiscal year, according to the annual report of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/15/u-s-pockets-20-6-bln-in-sin-taxes-in-fy09/#ixzz0tms2jSL9
Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
The U.S. federal government collected $20.6 billion in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition in fiscal year 2009, up 41 percent from the previous fiscal year, according to the annual report of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/15/u-s-pockets-20-6-bln-in-sin-taxes-in-fy09/#ixzz0tms2jSL9