WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.

Enough is enough. Massachusetts is about to pass another tax increase on cigarettes; the second in three years, which will make the total tax applied per pack a whopping $2.75. This is approximately a 70 percent tax rate.

By Harry Minium, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Sep. 24--NORFOLK -- In May, the turnout was meager at a City Council public hearing on setting the real estate tax rate.