EPA Weighs Farting Cow Tax

[hippiehillbilly]

EPA Weighs Farting Cow Tax (http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/19727599/detail.html)

EPA Proposing Tax On Farting Livestock

POSTED: 4:39 pm EDT June 11, 2009
UPDATED: 5:33 pm EDT June 12, 2009
MORGAN COUNTY, Ga. -- Imagine being taxed on the amount of gas that you pass.

The Environmental Protection Agency doesn't want to tax you, but it does want to levy a tax on the amount of gas livestock produce.

Carol Williams and her husband Everett have about 1,200 cows at their Morgan County farm.

Those cows pass a lot of gas.

“I think there's been some studies done. Don't remember the figures. said Everett Williams.

I mean some of these girls are pretty good size girls,” Carol Williams.

The methane gas released by livestock affects the atmosphere.

The EPA's idea is to tax each dairy cow $175 a year and each beef cow $80 for the pleasure.

The cows won't pay, but the Williams will.

“About $150,000 a year. Basically it would put me out of business,” said Everett Williams.

What's worse is milk prices tanked this year. Farmers are getting about half of what they got paid last year.

“I feel they are picking on the farmers,” said Carol Williams.

The Williams’ do their share to help the environment. They grow their own feed and recycle the water and the manure.

If the EPA imposes a tax, the cows will need Gas-X.

“I don't think it would [do any good]. [It’s] not industrial strength,” said Everett Williams.

[earthmother]

That would put most family farms out of business. Wouldn't it make more sense to figure out ways to capture the methane? Maybe they could stick a tube up their asses or something and we could take the resulting power and light up Manhattan...

[earthmother]

But seriously, I read somewhere that this law would only effect those farms with over 25 cows. So, maybe this encourages the old fashioned small family farms....? Downsize! The wave of the future! Hooray!

[[BDM]Starscream]

Wait... Is this serious or a joke? I honestly can't tell.

[hippiehillbilly]

unfortunately its dead serious. obama administration equals tax,tax,tax. all in the name of the environment of course.

did you know its estimated that on top of costing millions of jobs the proposed carbon credit scam the administration is proposing will equal (estimated) a extra 4300 dollars per household in energy costs?

lol,thats a third of our yearly budget..

[earthmother]

I have been feeling for some time now that people are just going about their lives PRETENDING they can do it..... Wonder how long it takes for them to finally ADMIT they can't?

[Pressed_Rat]

They have been pushing this for years. It's all about putting the smaller farms out of business so big-agra can come in and buy up the land.