Ken Schram: A tax on toilet paper?
Is she a creative thinker or a nut job?
I can't decide.
A few weeks back I got an email from an Auburn woman whose name I will withhold so as to not make her a public spectacle.
Writing to tell me that she'd called, e-mailed and written federal lawmakers, she wanted to share with me her answer on how to pay for health care reform in this country.
Even as she noted that she's tired of the middle class getting taxed to death, she none-the-less came up with a tax proposal that she believes will go a long way to help pay for said health care reform.
Toilet paper.
You heard me, she wants a special tax of 2 or 3 cents on toilet paper.
By her reckoning, this T-P tax would be shared equally across all income levels.
Reports are that in 2008, we here in the United States consumed 7,170,261,504 rolls of toilet paper.
Now by my calculations, with a tax of 3 cents per roll, that's about $215 million a year.
And while that's not nearly enough to actually pay for health care, it's still not too shabby.
Besides, I like the idea that members of congress would shoulder a disproportionate share of this tax.
Because we call know how full of it those folks are.
Anyway, what do you think?
Is she a creative thinker, or a nut job.
Let me know.
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I can't decide.
A few weeks back I got an email from an Auburn woman whose name I will withhold so as to not make her a public spectacle.
Writing to tell me that she'd called, e-mailed and written federal lawmakers, she wanted to share with me her answer on how to pay for health care reform in this country.
Even as she noted that she's tired of the middle class getting taxed to death, she none-the-less came up with a tax proposal that she believes will go a long way to help pay for said health care reform.
Toilet paper.
You heard me, she wants a special tax of 2 or 3 cents on toilet paper.
By her reckoning, this T-P tax would be shared equally across all income levels.
Reports are that in 2008, we here in the United States consumed 7,170,261,504 rolls of toilet paper.
Now by my calculations, with a tax of 3 cents per roll, that's about $215 million a year.
And while that's not nearly enough to actually pay for health care, it's still not too shabby.
Besides, I like the idea that members of congress would shoulder a disproportionate share of this tax.
Because we call know how full of it those folks are.
Anyway, what do you think?
Is she a creative thinker, or a nut job.
Let me know.
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Have something to say to Ken? Login or signup below to post a comment. Just be sure to read the rules and keep things civil. You can also e-mail him at kenschram@komo4news.com.