A Tax On Meat
posted by Fred Mangels @ 8:23 AM
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I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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3 Comments:
I'm confused.
Meat production is subsidized by the government. It goes as far as state government providing water for ranching activities. Some people set up otherwise unprofitable ranches just to cash in on the government perks.
So, the idea is to tax something that we already pay for in taxes? Isn't that like taxing taxes?
Would they tax grass-fed beef? From what I've seen, free range ranching is one of the last things keeping open space open. If there were no cows walking around, pasture land would be chopped up and fenced in.
I would be okay with cutting federal aid to factory farming and feed lot activity. I don't really care if the natural price of those goods goes up as they are nonessential. But to tax a product and then turn around and hand the taxes to the producers... am I missing something?
tad went to jail yesterday.
Friends and supporters met to give tad hugs before he went in to the humboldt county “correctional” facility in eureka to begin his 35-day sentence. Tad started fasting on October 20 at the board of county supervisors meeting, and so is today on the sixth day of his hunger strike.
to read whole story and/or comment on it, go to:
theplazoid.wordpress.com
Please tell me where I can send food to this poor starving publicity-seeker.
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