Suggested Tax Increases

Alan Bromley provides advice to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomfield on how to generate revenue with suggestions for brand new taxes. The tongue-in-cheek piece appears in the WSJ Opinion Journal and recommends taxes be imposed on walking, talking, thinking, and reading. But the wit of the article doesn't negate the grim truth that politicians are constantly searching for new ways to pick people's pockets. Of interest to me is this sentence:

Rumor has it he's [Mayor Bloomfield] caught the scent of a new tax wafting its way up from New Zealand, they tax flatulent sheep, supposedly a contributor to "global warming."

The sad reality is that there are many US politicians drooling for the opportunity to implement a similar tax.

[Thanks to VodkaPundit.]