Sometimes I just keep straying further and further away from the main topic of this blog, which of course is Boston real estate.
Here I go again …
The University of Chicago’s Allan Sanderson states the we now have four sin taxes:
1. Cigarettes
2. Alcohol
3. Gasoline
4. Fat/sugar
Alan Sanderson would like to add a fifth:
If these four sin taxes now on the table are acceptable, let me suggest a fifth item: college football games. Yes, I am advocating that we impose steep taxes on all intercollegiate football advertising, television broadcasts, logo merchandise sales, and gate receipts.
Why?
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