[Phantom Lord]

I know, liberals want YOU to pay more in taxes. Not actually pay more themselves. And I do not support increasing taxes in any way, shape, or form. But my question is serious (and a little bit fun) and I am hoping we can come up with a long and useful list. I'll start...

Granola
Volvos
Patchouli Oil
Organic Foods

[gore_sux]

Million dollar "lawyer access" fee.

[Phantom Lord]

bump

[2banana]

Abortion

[SheLion]

Let's put a tax on all toilets. Everybody has to use them. heh!

Funny the libs haven't thought of taxing AIR yet!

[johniegrad]

I suggest killing two birds with one stone. By taxing subcompacts, we could raise revenue and contribute to safer highways by encouraging more people to buy SUVs.

[PetroniDE]

A Tax on all lottery tickets.
A Tax on every winning wager in a casino (black jack hand won, crap point made, slot pull win, etc.)
A Tax on every toll collected on highways.

[freedomcrusader]

Tie-dyed clothing and materials used in tie-dying clothes

[johniegrad]

Charitable contributions to environmental groups would no longer by tax-deductible.

[NeoCaveman]

Two words... Bong tax

[truthmission]

Condoms, porn, ACLU membership, gay tax, welfare funded only by people who voted for candidates who support it, personal ad tax, divorce tax, tax on liberal publications. That's a start anyway.

[realpatriot71]

Don't tax more, cut programs, cut taxes . . . that was easy

[anniegetyourgun]

To add to your list:

Berkenstocks
Starbucks products
tatooing and piercing parlors
Condoms

[realpatriot71]

Organic foods are really pretty good for you. Not only liberals are eating them :-)

[chs68]

Here's my contribution to the suggestion list: A Barbra Streisland tax: All CD's, Tapes, Records by or using music by BS. Additionally, any posters bearing her image would be heavily taxed. [An alternative to this tax would be a tax on any music by untalented, nasally singers from Brooklyn, NY].

A Ben and Jerry Tax -- If people want to support those left-wing wacko's, make 'em pay for the privilege.

A Tax on White Wine and Brie.

A Tax on All Movies with Alec Baldwin.

just for starters........

[Dakmar]

Children born out of wedlock
Illiteracy
Asking for 'spare change'
Loud car stereos
Proposing tax increases

[SevenDaysInMay]

15% political campaign tax due on election day, as any more than 15% is considered graft.

[Clemenza]

I have NO problem with a heavier tax on "sex-related" businesses, even if many of my friends frequent them.

[randog]

The purpose of 'sin' taxes, so we're told, is to dissuade the populace from engaging in risky behavior like drinking and smoking. The idea is that the 'sinner' should compensate the state for the added health care and social service costs they force on society due to their behavior. With that in mind, let's tax:

1) Homosexuals. They engage in risky sexual behaior that results in a much higher rate of AIDS than the general populace. If smokers should compensate the state for medical services caused by their risky behavior then the same could be said for homos.

2) Tattoos/body-piercings. With Pamela Anderson admitting recently that she contracted hepatitis-C by sharing a tattoo needle with her husband, the public is becoming aware of the dangers of piercing the skin. The medical community is said to be gearing up for a 20% rise in hep-C caused by the latest tattoo/body-piercing craze. Hep-C is similar to AIDS in that it's incurable and eventually kills the host within 10-20 years. Again, if smokers should pay society for their risky behavior, so should those with tattoos and body-piercings.

[Our man in washington]

Liberals are coming after things that other people like, such as guns and tobacco. It's time to turn the tables. I should add that I'm a former leftist, so I'll use leftist logic to make my points. The only difference will be my conclusions:

1. Studies have shown that retching while driving is hazardous. Okay, I can't site any studies, but we can all agree that drivers should be focused on the road. It's also true that bumper stickers that say things like "visualize world peace" and "it will be a great day when the schools have all the money they need and the Pentagon needs to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber" cause a certain number of drivers to retch. Therefore, these bumper stickers should be subjected to a 100 percent tax.

This tax will only apply to bumper stickers with extremist slogans. Bumper stickers that represent the mainstream (as I define it), such as "If they want my gun, they'll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers." will not be taxed.

2. Studies have shown that happier people live longer. By making people unhapppy, we are therefore burdening the nation's medical system. We need to collect taxes to pay for the additional cost.

When people wear clothing and adornments that serves no purpose other than to make themselves look ugly, it make passersby unhappy. We therefore need a 100 percent tax those who make ugly clothing. Makers of "hip urban clothing", beware. The tax rises to 200 percent for people who give piercings anywhere but on the ears.

3. Greenpeace solicitors cause damage to the lawns they walk across, thereby wrecking our environment. They should pay a tax for each house they visit. In addition, to comply with the "Fairness Doctrine" they should bring someone with the opposite opinion to explain to each household why Greenpeace is at best worthless and at worst harmful.

[wild peach]

A tax on the words "diverse or diversity", "tolerance or tolerant" and "sustainable" anything!