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Daily Circuit

Op-ed pick: Tax the childless

A recent op-ed piece in Slate argues that we should raise taxes on childless working professionals in order to give working parents a break. Author Reihan Salam, childless himself, says the financial burden of raising a child is staggering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that raising a child born in 2012 will cost Read more →
by Maddy Mahon

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Op-ed pick: Why the poor smoke cigarettes

“This growing gap in smoking rates between rich and poor is helping drive inequality in health outcomes, experts say, with, for example, white women on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder now living shorter lives.”
by Stephanie Curtis

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