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"It is early in the proposal process, but this issue will come up again next year if we don't speak up now."

When I first heard that they were gonna try to tax animal stinkers, I couldn't believe it. Then somebody posted that it was Al Gore's idea and I wasn't surprised. No stinker tax!

[Jess Kitting]

"Passing gas" tax now unlikely

Well, they'll put a tax on that sooner or later.

With Obama in office, what next?

[kbennkc]

My cows don't like wearing the meters .

[5thGenTexan]

Whew...for a minute there I thought I was going to fart away all my savings in extra taxes...

:-)

[nufsed]

I guess they decided to hold it in a while longer.

[spokeshave]

Agriculture & Industries Commissioner Sparks

Commissioner Sparks eh.....

Lets hope he don't get downwind of a heard of cattle....

Could be a nasty spontaneous combust in the offing.

[pillut48]

Funniest...headline...to...date!!!! :-)

“Passing Gas” taxes?!
How about “Breaking Wind” taxes??
Congress sure is full of bloviating old farts, bet they could add a bunch of $$$$$$$$$$$ to the national treasury, LOL!!!

[GOP_Raider]

LOL, that headline could have been written a little better. :)

[DustyMoment]

Some years ago this idea was floated by a Kiwi (New Zealand) politician. I was certain that NZ had passed it until a kind NZ FReeper corrected me.

Frankly, this is such a loony idea, I can’t imagine ANYONE in their RIGHT MIND believing that farting cows are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions causing “Glow Bull Warming”!!!

The fact that algore bought into is proof enough of its idiocy. Farmers in America need to make it painfully clear to the political elites where the pricey food they shove down their pieholes comes from.

And I mean BEFORE it gets to the grocery store!!

[LibWhacker]

Can you imagine meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time?

“What do you do, John?”

“Oh, I’m a fart tax collector.”

[rdl6989]

I see other comedians beat me to it. Did they really proofread that headline?

[GOP Poet]

Passing gas tax now unlikely

But will come soon enough with a Democrat heading up the executive branch and the house and senate democrat majorities. Breathing tax will soon follow.

[Know et al]

How about:

No flatulation without representation.

[Kickass Conservative]

Memo to self: Never get into an elevator full of Cows.

[Lancey Howard]

Wow. A fart tax? What’s next?

[April Lexington]

Passing gas tax now unlikely...

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lots of methane there, buddy. Maybe you need a carbon offset! Better open a window!

[TheWasteLand]

LOL! My favorite headline in quite some time. Give that editor an award!

[Islander7]

What? Farts are gonna be taxed?

[ODDITHER]

Poor little creatures, making cows pay tax on something they have little or no control over should be a crime.

Now, I would be for a Pol tax. I am sure that World Wide politicians should pay a tax on all the hot air they put out not to mention all the natural resources they consume just being politicians.

Hey now that’s the ticket, If we paid pols a commission based on Revenues - Expenses excluding the department of defense budget, and if they spend more than they take in, we tax them just like they want to tax the rich, the more over budget the higher the tax we might see an improvement in alot of things.

[Titan Magroyne]

An I-read-the-headline-correctly *ping*

Should this stinker of a proposal pass, I smell an explosion of protests on the wind.

Or as my dear father is known to say: “Speak, Toothless!”

[NeoCaveman]

Blaming it on the dog will continue to be tax free