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Fight Against Ridiculous Taxes
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05/10/2008 16:30:15
 
 
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05/10/2008 15:51:32
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Politics
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Taxes
Miscellaneous
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>Fight Against Ridiculous Taxes, or FART: New Zealand wants to tax farmers for the gas emissions of their cattle...
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7646857.stm


I've read reports that other countries (including my own) are considering such a thing. It appears that studies show that cattle are one of the greatest contributors to greenhouses gasses...more than driving!

I can just see my uncle's reaction. He owns a dairy farm in Wisconsin and I spent many summers working it when I was young. I don't think greenhouse gasses are even a consideration. If they are, they are WAY down below making the bills, buying clothes for the kids, paying for school, and paying for healthcare...

If we haven't already put the small farmers out of business, this will surely do it. Not only will we be buying our oil from overseas, but our meat and dairy products and every vegetable as well. I just can't see the big agri-corps paying for greenhouse gasses...There's a new lobby in the making.
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