Op-Ed: It’s The Culture Of The IRS To Target The Most Vulnerable Taxpayers

President Joe Biden signed the inappropriately named “Inflation Reduction Act” last Friday. Aside from the fact that even non-partisan analyses show the bill will have a negligible impact on actual inflation, one specific provision is raising red flags.

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Summer Reading: FDA and (Lack of) Access to Tobacco Harm Reduction

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been in the news recently for its role in regulating vapor products, it was not until 2009 that the agency was given authority to regulate tobacco products when Congress passed the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA).

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Op-Ed: Where Biden’s Disastrous Policies Rue the Day: U.S. Virgin Islands

For months, the media has failed to report on how the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has become ground zero for Biden’s wasteful policies, which have only served to promote the territory’s reliance on federal handouts while failing to meet obligations to taxpayers, consumers, and creditors.

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State Lawmakers Be Wary, Flavor Tobacco Bans Result in Loss of Revenue, Increased Costs for Enforcement

Despite tax data indicating that the Massachusetts flavor ban has resulted in less revenue and increased costs, researchers continue to cherry pick sales data purporting that the draconian prohibition has worked. The latest comes from a study by researchers from Massachusetts’ Department of Public Health (MDPH) that claim that “menthol restrictions are effective.”

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