Texas Sin Tax

However, perhaps due to Texas' extreme conservatism, many Texans opposed the idea. Since then, other states have joined Nevada to allow unlimited gambling in their state. From record economic growth to billions of revenue dollars for state expenditures, these states continue to reap from their bold decision while Texas remains watching from the sidelines. Rather than enjoying the same profits as its fellow states, Texas has found it hard to meet its state budget year after year. Instead of taking the road well-traveled--increasing taxes, Texas should take a page from the success stories of these states and legalize casino gambling as a legitimate way

For centuries same sex marriage has been a dispute, especially in Texas because of how powerfully Texas believes in the bible and how extremely “old fashioned” it is. The debate has been over LGBT equality, just like the black civil rights movement and the women’s movement in the 1960’s. Due to the traditional and common law, Texas does not allow same sex marriage. Actually, the state banned same sex marriage a decade ago or more. The issue was during the 2004 presidential election when Missouri and Louisiana voters approved same sex marriage and eleven states placed amendments. Everyone held their word and continued to protect the laws of Texas. The constitutional amendments that banned same sex marriage well-defined marriage as a union between

The state of Texas should not adopt a personal income tax. Any legislator who would propose a bill seeking to establish a state income tax would be seriously questioned, because a state income tax is currently unconstitutional.

The two states of Texas and California have vastly different methods of taxation and they also differ in how they spend these taxes collected. In the past, many people packed up and moved out west to California because they saw it as the land of opportunity, but recently, this trend has changed as many individuals and businesses have been moving from California down to Texas. This is a relevant point to discuss because this movement has much to do with how California and Texas both tax their citizens. Texas prefers a regressive tax system, which taxes citizens by letting the taxes fall as the tax base increases, California implements the opposite method through more progressive taxes. While citizens may prefer Texas’s system of limited taxation, this also severely effects what services the government is able to provide to its citizens, which is why I would argue for slightly higher taxes so that Texas can obtain more benefits in the long run.

push our country forward. The sources of Texas laws is the Constitution and Legislation. The

The state of Texas does not have a state income tax. States collect taxes to generate revenue to operate. Texas collects the necessary funds from property and sales taxes. As of 2014, there are only seven states that do not collect an individual income tax. The other six states are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. Tennessee and New Hampshire have a limited tax on individuals, taxing only dividends and interest income. The lack of individual income tax is protected by Article 8 of the Texas State Constitution, which limits potential tax in the future as well. Texas funds itself through a 6.25% sales tax, taxes on motor vehicle sales and fuel, and taxes and royalties on oil and natural-gas production. Texas has

Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent

As the largest state by area in the continental U.S. as the second most populous, Texas has its significant share of public policy challenges with which to contend. And as the discussion hereafter will show, many of these challenges serve as a microcosm of the broader pubic policy issues facing the United States. The issues addressed here below help to provide a better understanding of the complexities of public policy maintenance in a large and diverse state.

“Fortunately, Colorado has a tobacco tax through Colorado State Constitutional Amendment 35 (A35). The dollars received from A35 help fund tobacco cessation, prevention and education programs like the Pueblo Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership,” Schulle said.

Bill Lewis testified on behalf of ‘Mothers Against Drunk Driving’, an organization that supported the program when it was first enacted but now wants lawmakers to reform the program to better assist the millions of drivers caught up in the surcharges. Staudt said she believes the program is unconstitutional because it penalizes drivers twice for the same violation. Out of the 3.2 billion dollars billed to Texas drivers only 1.2 billion dollars has been collected. The reason for this law is, Texans has come up with a reliable revenue for trauma hospitals,” Yáñez-Correa (TCJC) said. “They need money to pay for care, but not at the back of Texans who are barely making it.”

The primary reason I think these two items are taxed the most is because they are easy targets politically. It's always a sensitive topic when the government starts discussing tax increases, but when they can make the argument that they are raising revenue in the name of public health, it kind of softens the objections. I do think the tax increases have been implemented to curb the usage of alcohol and tobacco. Most of the efforts have been to try and decrease the number of young people who start smoking and drinking at an early age, these choices made early on can lead to a lifetime of bad health and disease. I think tobacco and alcohol are easy targets because it doesn't affect the majority of the population like say a tax on soda or

Poll tax is a tax which is assigned to an individual based on the state election. Poll taxes are addressed by other names: soul taxes, hut taxes, capitation taxes, and head taxes. Poll taxes are well-known in European countries such as Russia, Britain and France. The poll tax is no longer an important basis of income for any state or country.

     Should sin taxes be increased in areas such as alcohol and tobacco to cover the increasing cost of medical care? Sin taxes have been in effect for centuries, while the revenue from these taxes are high other recent efforts to impose sin taxes have sputtered. With the revenue that can be received from Sin taxes should it be used in areas that our country is in need to help the people. Many physicians feel this should be done to help with healthcare

My first reason to why I think that it would be justified is because tobacco is something that you do not need to life, like food or clothing is. For this reason I think that it should be taxed at a higher rate. I support the higher tax or sin tax as it is sometimes called because the extra tax money could be used to really make a difference for someone. My third and final reason why I think that the sin tax is a good idea because it will increase the price of tobacco products which may help people want to quit because they no longer want to spent that much on the bad habit. Another reason is that the higher price may hinder those who are looking to start but who don't have the money to from even

The taxes collected from alcoholic drinks and tobacco were called "sin taxes," presumably because these items were considered as "sin products." The manifest and most dominant objective of Executive Order No. 22 was clearly economic. In the rationalization of the imposition of the increased taxes, this objective was paramount. At the time, there was an urgent need to increase revenue collection to help rebuild a plundered economy which was on the brink of collapse when Aquino assumed office as the new President of the country. With the passage of the tax measures on tobacco and alcohol, the govemment hoped to collect by the end of 1986 an additional P2.9 billion from cigarette factories alone, and another I750 million from the beer and liquor companies (Yoingco 1985, 50). Although unstated and only vaguely hinted at, it is safe to say that the policy makers anticipated that the subsequent increases on the prices of these "sin products," considered hazardous and nonessential, would also influence the consumption behavior of the public. More specifically, the policy makers thought that with the increase in the prices of tobacco and alcohol, people would be compelled to rechannel expenses from the hazardous practice of smoking and drinking to other more healthful and