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February 28, 2007
Ohfercryinoutloud!
This is some happy horseshit for sure:
Democratic State Legislator Bernard Gladstone whimsically hit upon an idea to solve the fiscal crisis. He introduced a bill to abolish the income tax and instead exact a $2 levy upon every act of sexual intercourse performed in the state.
Banking on either gallantry, male chauvinism or both, Gladstone suggested that only men should pay, and on a voluntary basis. Otherwise, he speculated, tax inspectors might find the law difficult to enforce. By some inscrutable formula, Gladstone announced that for every male Rhode Islander, his tax would bring in $2 a week.
Before long the outcry against Gladstone's "bad taste" was loud enough to force him to withdraw his modest proposal.
what a friggin' moron.
Posted by LindaSoG at February 28, 2007 06:41 AM
Comments
Those dems will tax anything.
Posted by: DoubleU at February 28, 2007 08:11 PM
the legalist in me wonders what in the world led him to believe there's a legal framework for considering that a taxable activity in the first place
Posted by: sultan knish at February 28, 2007 09:41 PM
Taxes!!! That's their idea of sex anyway. Look at Massachussets legislators for proof.
Posted by: Jack at March 1, 2007 11:56 AM