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What Else Can be Taxed?

54 Comments

the oath

requires that they know a bit about, and understand, the Constitution. Almost all of 'em fail miserably in that regard.

Put a $10,000.00/minute tax on teleprompter usage. That ought to pay down the deficit rather quickly!

Lol, Crawfish

Taxing telepromter usage is a BRILLIANT idea!

Thanx for stopping by and my admiration to you and Mrs. Crawfish for understanding what your Oaths mean!

Tax Words

LOL! I like this one the best. Not only could the government make money by taxing their own words, but as the writer said, all that hot air... we could make a fortune on cap and trade from THOSE noxious CO2 emissions!

Good one Mrs. AL. Thanks for the comment on my old blog. I haven't been in here for awhile - gone on vacation then came back home sick (yecch) - (NOT the swine flu!).

Marty

Good to have you back from vacation, sorry you got ill. Could it be psychosomatic given what you knew what you were going to have to face after you got home? HaHa

Personally I thought my friend's vege suggestion was kind of neat.

I will be coming by again soon to see what you have to say! Thanx for coming by.

I Am Sure That the "Indians" at...

the original Boston Tea Party said things concerning George the 3rd and the English Parliament that are probably close to your letter Mrs. AL.

Nothing ever changes as it remains the same.

Day #114 of the "Nightmare" draws to a close. Only 1347 days left.

The farts are coming! The farts are

coming! Just call me Chicken Little, but they're already considering taxing farmers for bovine flatuence - can't we be next?

Seer that I am, I forecast that in our future under liberal rule: "Citizens will be required to skip every other breath (to reduce CO2 emissions) and to release flatulence only in their own homes (or be fitted with a personal fart-scrubber).

And Janet thought that I was a right-wing extremist for protesting new taxes.

I can "smell" it coming ... I am vindicated.

Mrs. Al (Always Learning)

Gee, I can hardly see what is next on the tax agenda. Oh wait, I see it on the horizon – them wanting to tax the private health care! Okay then!

How about a big tax campaign. It can be taxes for the holidays. When you buy a pumpkin, hey help the economy and pay down the debt, tax that pumpkin 80%. Then we can do the turkeys at Thanksgiving and the trees at Christmas or Winter holiday, whatever we are allowed to call it! Go taxes!

I like the teleprompter tax. We can also do the stutter tax with Gibbs. Ugh...hm...ugh...huh...

There's got to be a tax

that hits these elites where they live. Maybe a tax on hired help, limos, and private jets. Maybe we can nail them with a do what ever they want, but they have to live by and pay it,too. Universal health care? they can have it with us. Social security? them too. Our lives would suddenly be better.

How About ...

Thanks for sharing this, Mrs. AL. Very clever! I remember someone a while back posting a list of every conceivable thing that is/could be taxed. Incredible or maybe not. Everytime we spend a dollar, it is taxed. Breathing, so far, has not been taxed, but is up there on the list. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you ....

That is also something that gets me extremely angry, Mrs. AL! Public schools indoctrinating small children to feel guilty when they breathe out. The next move is to make those children want to work for the state. Last few scenes of "Dr. Zhivago" come to mind. Grrrrrr!

Gray Ghost

You are so right … things don’t change that much. Seems we are right back where we started. What a sad state of affairs!

You have a stronger “constitution” than I do, I can’t count the days of this nightmare or I would go batty. Too bad those in D.C. don’t take the “constitution” seriously.

Appreciate your popping in for a look-see at my friends email.

Garnet

Funny subject line and I am sure my friend will appreciate it!

Seer that you are and given the current state of affairs in D.C., I think you might actually be right. Guess I better practice skipping every other breath, huh? Now I am trying to get my head around the idea of a “personal fart-scrubber” and it just isn’t happening –lol.

Thanx for coming by and adding your two flatus worth.

Sue

Pumpkins, turkeys and trees can’t be far behind – haha! Good one. What is mystifying to me is that this administration does not see the insanity in all this. Quite frankly, it’s scary.

The “stutter tax” is a VERY ingenious! About time these folks pay their fair share.

Thanx for your visit and comments.

MD/MG

Yes … hit “these elites where they live.” Could not agree more! But wait, that won’t happen now will it, given the isolated existence these … people inhabit. Makes my blood boil.

I think the only thing that can make my life better will be if we get newly elected officials that will reverse this stuff. Wonder if there is a chance of that … hmmm.

Good to see you back and thanx for popping in.

Dawn

Yep, coming soon to a neighborhood near each of us! I am sure the person who wrote me this email would agree 100%.

The children are of deep concern to me as well, Dawn. The generation immediately after me is in trouble already. The one after that may be almost lost if something does not happen fast. Your reference to “last few scenes of "Dr. Zhivago" come to mind” made me “grrr” as well.

Thanx for driving by and commenting. And to you and the other posters, I will be coming by your place(s) soon!

Mrs. Al (Always Learning)

For Heaven's Sake, DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS ;)!

Though only tangentile, Mrs. AL,

I remind of my earlier call to end high school sports, that to save the planet.
http://gumballs.blogtownhall.com/2008/11/22/end_high_school _sports.thtml
Maybe cap'n'trade'll work.

More Taxes

Mrs. AL: I posted a new blog. Your post about taxes and another poster on Smart Girl Politics (you should check them out) gave me lots of ideas.

Georgetwin

When I first read your comment I laughed almost to the point of choking. Thanx, I needed that. Then it occurred to me, this kowtowing Congress and spineless Senate have probably already thought of all these ideas.

Thanx for coming by and providing a much needed laugh today!

DrPete

I don’t recall reading that post but I will! Thanx for providing the URL. My friend will be by also I am sure when he reads reactions to his email.

Thanx for popping in and I’ll be reading your piece soon.

Marty

Thanx for the heads up … I will be over as soon as I can!

Arent You Forgetting Something?

"Ya know fresh stuff causes embarrassing gaseous emissions that cause global warming,"

Isnt that an argument for a Blog Tax? after all, shouldnt our unpaid labors go to helping The Village raise its Children?

How about space?

There could be a tax on the space each politician take up on the planet; and the air they inhale and X2 for what they exhale. Then there's the air space in their empty heads. How about a tax on every lie they tell? The lie-tax alone would offset much of the national debt. Scam tax, crazy tax, ignorance tax; Hey.....how about gaffe-tax? Wow..just think what gaffe-tax would cost Biden & Obama. Treachery tax. Finger pointing tax. Wow!! Gotta go. I'm just getting started......Bush Hating Tax?

Thanks, Mrs.Always for another "different" kind of post. Good work.

Skep

A blog tax to help the Village raise its Children – good one. My email buddy will get a kick out of that!

Thanx for stopping by, Skep. Your latest is a good one too.

Bobbie

I knew I could count on you to take my friends idea to new and glorious heights! I am sure he will be by at some point to have a read of these new tax ideas!

Thanx for having a read and your comments as always. Also thank you for all your hard work.

Have a great weekend.

Wanna Clean up?

We tax washington for lies. We could have a lie jar. Heck Nancy P-Liar alone would pay half the nation debt. The Messiah wouls pay the rest.

Nice one Mrs. Always Teaching

More taxes

More taxes, more taxes, I want more taxes. Tax me now, tax me more.

As soon as the heroin wears off, I think I'm going to hate myself.

Taxes

Only the nutroots believe that Papa Obama is not going to tax the middle class
Side effects from the Kool Aid they drink
lol

they'll tax anything

they can get away with. Of course 95% of us are getting tax cuts, right? Obama is a moron.

Mrs. Al (Always Learning)

Huh...ummm....ugh...see that is a few bucks right there. They can keep it coming!

I heard the other day the guy in the White House was talking about spending is out of control. Really...oh please stop the madness now!

Jim

A Lie jar – great idea! 2 people to pay all the taxes. Now that’s economical. But wait, wouldn’t that be discrimination? Uh oh, this could get messy – haha.

Thanx for stopping by and keep your powder dry!

Boaz

Well now you’ve gone and done it. The heroine addicts are going to actually pay taxes. Does that seem fair? Tic I hope you know.

Appreciate your chiming in, Boaz. See ya’ at your place soon.

Neotrotsky

Nutroots are alive, well and don’t have a clue that taxes come in many forms. Guess they don’t recognize the “hidden” taxes abounding in D.C. and coming to a store or service near them. Sad, isn’t it?

Thanx for popping in to read my friend’s email. I’ll be visiting your blog and the other blogs SOON before I’m taxed for that as well – haha.

Dave

Indeed, everything is up for grabs tax-wise these days! BTW, the language police are coming soon to TH and “moron” is now taxed at 24%. Need to find another word, Dave. Lol

Appreciate your visit and trust all is well at your place. See ya’ soon.

Sue

Coming from CA, I see you as having a unique perspective on all this. And indeed you do, Sue. How much are YOU charged there for, “Huh...ummm....ugh...”? That tax hasn’t hit VA – yet!

The President talking about spending being “out of control”? Hmm, well, golly – how much do I owe for that?

Trust you are having/have had a great weekend. Will be strolling by soon.

The 14th Amendment states:

"3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

Wich seems to mean that at least half of those weasels currently serving, should vacate their offices immediatelly, since they, by their actions, speech, and votes, have rebeled against the Constitution.

Mrs. AL

POP! I propose a tax on anyone who calls soft drinks pop. My Pop used to call it pop but he suffered from the handicap of being born and raised in IL. HaHaHa!

There will never be a tax on breathing, only on exhaling. CO2 ya' know! So, hold your breath or you'll go broke.

BTW, my favorite Va tax is the "water that falls from the sky" tax, termed rainwater run off tax in Chesapeake. I asked a local councilman if he could arrange for it not to fall on my property. He gave me the deer in headlights look, politicians have no sense of humor!

Joe

Could not agree more! Violations of their oaths of office are admitted openly now and with no fear of repercussion. If that doesn’t scare the whatever out of every U.S. Citizen who is studying the situation in D.C., then we are on the bring of obliteration.

I haven’t been by for a time and I apologize. I am waaaay behind in my visits. Spring does that. I’ll be coming by as soon as possible and thanx for weighing in.

Sgt. Relic

Pop tax. Good one. I used to call it pop (Iowa born) until I went to college and was set straight by a roommate from Missouri!

I can’t hold my breath that long, Sgt. Relic. Guess I will just have to file bankruptcy and see what kind of deal I can get from the national government. Wonder what that program will be called – haha.

The explanation of your favorite VA tax and reaction from the councilman is a hoot! I have not met you, but given your personality and way with words here on TH, I can just imagine that exchange.

Thanx for stopping in and commenting. I will be getting over to your end of the blogosphere as soon as I can.

Mrs.AL

Very entertaining, but scary at the same time.

Sounds like a number of opportunities to "go Galt". I can do without pop, I quit smoking a few years back, and I can get my vitamins from sources besides veggies.

Tax THIS.

Sgt. Stryker

Oh don’t worry, someone will find a way to tax “that.” It’s just a matter of time!

Thanx for having a look-see at my friends email. Won’t make any predictions, but you know I will be by your place soon. I keep falling behind in my visits. Sorry about that!

Mrs. AL

Put extra taxes on Pelosi's face lifts and makeup jobs. I believe she spends an equal amount to the GDP of Venezuela.

How about sex?

which seems to be the one "sacred rite" in the liberals' twisted mentality. Our liberal leaders seem to value personal pleasure and happiness over anything else, which leads us down the path of no-fault divorce, no-consequence adultery, abortion on demand, and homosexual marriage with all the fringe benefits of tax deductions and other government sanction.

NO! NO! not coffee!

I would really draw the line there!! Hey, Mrs AL I have joined the blioggers here!! I want to thank the many who really encouraged me to join!

Eric

Good one!!! That’s funny. Wonder who else in the House/Senate we can tax in terms of having physical alterations via a medical procedure?

Thanx for stopping by and I will be headed your direction as I catch up on my visits.

Curt

Taxing sex is, I have to admit, an interesting idea. Maybe 2xs for adultery? That would really lower the rate for the rest of us. Wait a minute, the House and Senate have to pass that … not going to happen. But a great thought, Curt!

Thanx for stopping in and I will be getting to your part of the blogosphere as soon as I can.

Watch Dawg

HaHa – not coffee is right. I drink the ½ caf and don’t want to have to shell out any more than I already am!

Good to have you on board. Thanx for visiting and I will be swinging by your blog very soon. BTW, like your moniker. We need MORE “Watch Dawgs” in this country.

Re What else can be taxed?

That was great and actually not too far out LOLO

Crawfish - Good idea! a tgelepromptger tax would not only reduce deficit, it would reduce global warming! All the HOT AIR and GAS being released in speech after speech by BO and Al "Gas Bag" Gore and other D.C. Blow hards is a main contribution to the so called global warming

Kev

Thanx for stopping by. Appreciate that. I will pass your kudos on to my friend, if he hasn’t already read it.

And I echo your compliment to Crawfish on his idea.

Mrs. Al (Always Learning)

"Any more ideas/reccos for the 4th and your idea? Thinking this would be a hoot to meet somewhere."

There is another Tea Party brewing for DC on July 4th. I don't know where you are located. Talk to GunnyG and see if we Upper Mid Atlantic TH'ers could get together there. I may or may not be able to come. My wife's health concerns are escalating. Very sad, she is only 33 years old :(.

Mrs. AL

A good way to get under a liberal's skin is to propose a tax on brie cheese. That will make them draw the line quickly. If it's something that liberals exclusively like, then they don't want it taxed. Especially the politicians. That's why they put their money away in offshore accounts that can't be taxed by this government. John Kerry did it. The Kennedy's do it. I'm sure most of the libs who are for higher taxes on "the rich" do it. Funny how they don't want their incomes taxed. Sorry I haven't been on for a long time. Had some things to take care of.

Georgetwin

Most importantly, I am in prayer for your wife. I will continue to pray for her, and you. Please stay in touch, Georgetwin!

I will check with GunnyG as we get closer to the 4th. I am out in the sticks here in Virginny. But I can get to D.C. w/o a whole lot of trouble. I’ll be coming by to see what’s up at your place soon.

Jesse

Good to see you, had been wondering where you were! Trust things are taken care of and that all is well with you.

Brie cheese. Got a giggle from that one, Mind. Interesting how elected officials look out for their “own” and the attitude they display to the CITZENRY is, ‘tough luck.’ Talk about double standards.

Thanx for stopping by and I will be headed your direction soon.

Mrs. Al (Always Learning)

I am waiting for the "open your front door tax, open your garage door tax, wearing white after labor day tax, etc...." Just keep em coming!

And everything is going up. Got a bill from the exterminator. Congrats, your bill went up. Cable went up, car payment went up, phone bill taxes went up, etc....

We are sad. I am not sure what is left. Our gas is going up again. And I have noticed our food prices are starting to really climb again. Yipeee!

Sue

Now I must say, I got a giggle from your post. I think the funniest was “wearing white after labor day tax.”

Alas, then I pondered your post and you know what, I don’t think you are off base. This is getting saaaaad! Gas IS up, food prices ARE up, etc. Families are really going to start to suffer and, unfortunately, there are going to be very dire social consequences, IMO.

Stopped by yesterday and will be strolling by again very soon. Thanx for the visit, Sue.