State Senator Wants Toilet Paper Tax

(Tallahassee, Florida) Democratic Florida lawmaker Al Lawson, has proposed a 2-cent per roll tax on toilet paper with a goal of collecting $50 million for sewer system upgrades.

The bill needs to be passed in the Republican-controlled legislature to become law which currently seems unlikely. Nonetheless, what's most troubling about the proposal is reflected in the following statement by Senator Lawson:

"Two cents is not going to hurt families at all," he said. "This is one thing people don't mind paying for."

He conveys a general attitude of nasty arrogance and condescension about confiscating the public's money. He knows what's in people's wallets and he knows how people want to spend their money. Just like opening the spigot, eh, Senator Lawson?

Wouldn't it be nice if there were fewer lawmakers who want to raise taxes and more who want to sunset expensive and ineffective programs? And, as an afterthought, isn't the state of Florida still trying to find hundreds of kids who disappeared in the foster care program?