When the Supreme Court declared Natural gasses like Carbon Dioxide and Methane to be pollutants, that gave unelected bureaucrats at the EPA license to charge "fees" or fine those who produce them. That means everyone.
Their latest proposal is to charge ranchers and farmers for every head of cattle or pork. Of course, PETA likes this plan to change your behavior through your wallet:
"It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog...
..."It makes perfect sense if you are looking for ways to cut down on meat consumption and recoup environmental losses," said Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman in Washington for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
"We certainly support making factory farms pay their fair share," he said.
Given the current population of these animals, (pigs, beef, dairy) this amounts to a tax of over $25 billion that bypasses congress' constitutional taxing authority, relieving them of the political fallout of this ridiculous proposal based on a hoax.
Remember folks, every tax, fee or regulation is eventually paid by individuals, one way or another.
No word yet on how the government proposes to tax all the horses, deer, dogs, people and every other living thing that produces these dangerous pollutants every day.
