![]() ![]() “So for a politician, the way to inoculate yourself is, you find a bigger sinner and you turn it on them.” “Americans always talk about taxes as if they were a kind of sin,” said James Morone, a Brown University political scientist. Rick Perry’s focus on taxing “unhealthy behaviors” as he seeks to fix Texas’ school financing system is a brilliant move, experts say. Politicians know that wrapping a tax around a societal vice – be it smoking, gambling or even topless dancers – is usually an easier sale than an across-the-board tax on everybody’s home, income or groceries.įrom that standpoint, Gov. Sin taxes: political genius or unstable way to fund schools?īYLINE: By BOBBY ROSS JR., AP Religion Writer ![]()
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