April 03, 2007
Belgian Region To Tax Barbecues?
UPDATE: Sucker alert: me. But Ace was too (scroll to the bottom of his post), so I don't feel so bad.
If this is true, then we really have reason to worry about the sanity of the greenies (h/t Moonbattery):
BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported.
Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.
The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.
Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.
PLEASE! Don't tell our current Congress, whose motto is, "Any excuse to raise taxes!" And not only would they have Al Gore and his sycophants pushing this, but PETA would get involved as well.
Next thing you know, they'll be taxing smokers for every cigarette they smoke that adds to their "carbon footprint." You think I'm joking?
Another shrimp on the barbie? It's gonna cost ya.
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If you don't smoke, you don't have anything to worry about.
Posted by: mudkitty at April 3, 2007 07:44 PMPam - they're already taxing smokers out the ears. I think something like 65% of the cost of a pack of cigarettes is taxes. About 2 years ago the State of Ohio raised the taxes on a pack of cigarettes 70 plus cents in one big hit!
Posted by: Gayle Miller at April 4, 2007 07:57 AMI know, but those are taxes just to buy cigarettes. I'm thinking of an extra tax every time you actually light up!
Posted by: Pam at April 4, 2007 08:19 AM
