Some tasty links!
D.C. enacts cigarette tax. People vote with their wallets; city actually loses revenue. Politicos, journalists shocked.
Oh and there’s a new report, suggesting D.C. could raise $6.8 million more by adding another dollar in tax to butts. It’s nice to see policy suggestions that bear little to no relation to reality.
All evidence points to Marion Berry being a despicable human. And yet a man impervious to criticism or scandal or shame is fascinating.
“[T]he single dumbest article on Cuba in recent memory” in Playboy. If I can dig up a link to the actual article I will. Bonus video of Cuban dissident and punk rocker Gorki Aguila.
For those Mac-heads, download Google books as pdfs. Awesome!
Data suggests that firm size doesn’t have any noticeable effect on job creation. Rather, instead of the big business versus mom and pop narrative, businesses are more closely tied as a community.
Free Speech watch: Unconstitutional? Yes. Impactful? No. Pointless government? Shock.
D.C. government launches transparency website. Marion Berry shrugs; tries to snort it.
Insanely cool video, with a sweet soundtrack.
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