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Word: buttleg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then issued three recommendations: tax laws should be stiffened, police should be given more money and enforcement powers, and cigarette taxes should be slashed by as much as lOc a pack to reduce the smugglers' incentive. The last proposal is probably Utopian. Cutting taxes might well reduce the buttleg traffic, but it would also cost the state an estimated $33 million a year in lost revenue-assuming, of course, that the buttleggers do not take over all the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tobacco Road | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

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