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As many Americans recover from one round of holiday feasting and excess and gear up for the next, we thought this might be a good time to look at the costs of that granddaddy of extreme partying known as New Year's Eve. As always, the government will get its cut out of those cigars and champagne consumed next week.
With that in mind and with a hat tip to http://infographiclist.com, here's a history of sin taxes over the years.
(Note: Las Vegas gaming table photo by Shutterstock.com.)
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