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  2. Grosjean v. American Press Co. - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Senator Huey Long received more support in rural areas whereas the larger urban newspapers tended to be more critical of him. In 1934, his political allies levied a 2% gross receipts tax in an attempt to tax newspapers critical of him into submission. [1] [2] Nine publishers representing 13 newspapers impacted by the tax sued in federal ...

  3. Stamp act - Wikipedia

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    The stamp tax was a tax on each newspaper and thus hit cheaper papers and popular readership harder than wealthy consumers, because it formed a higher proportion of the purchase price. The act had a chilling effect on publishers; the tax is blamed for the decline of English literature critical of the government during the period, notably with ...

  4. Sales tax - Wikipedia

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    A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. ... as for groceries, art, books and newspapers. ...

  5. Minneapolis Star Tribune Co. v. Commissioner - Wikipedia

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune Company v. Commissioner, 460 U.S. 575 (1983), was an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States authored by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor overturning a use tax on paper and ink in excess of $100,000 consumed in any calendar year. The Minneapolis Star Tribune initially paid the tax and sued for a refund.

  6. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The highest sales tax in Washington is on liquor. The spirits sales tax is 20.5% of the value of the product purchased [216] and a $3.7708 per liter spirits liter tax is assessed on spirits sold to consumers. [217] 1 April 2008 saw tax increases in King County (+.001), Kittitas County (+.003), Mason County (+.001), and the city of Union Gap ...

  7. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A comedic representation by Clifford K. Berryman of the debate to introduce a sales tax in the United States in 1933 and end the income tax Following World War II tax increases, top marginal individual tax rates stayed near or above 90%, and the effective tax rate at 70% for the highest incomes (few paid the top rate), until 1964 when the top ...

  8. Sale of Maine newspapers to national nonprofit is finalized - AOL

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    Aug. 1—The National Trust for Local News, a nonprofit that has pledged to preserve and invest in local news, has completed its purchase of most of Maine's daily newspapers, including the ...

  9. The Constitutional Courant - Wikipedia

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    The Constitutional Courant was a single issue colonial American-newspaper published in response to the Stamp Act 1765. It was printed by William Goddard under an assumed name of Andrew Marvel. The newspaper vociferously attacked the Stamp Act in strong language, which caught the attention of colonial printers and royal colonial officials alike.