Al Gore's Hilarious New Plan!!!

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[Minus_The_Bear]

I think Al Gore may have outdone himself and proposed his most hilarious plan yet... wait for it..

...Gore also called for the complete elimination of the payroll tax. It would be replaced by a tax on CO2:

"For the last fourteen years, I have advocated the elimination of all payroll taxes — including those for social security and unemployment compensation — and the replacement of that revenue in the form of pollution taxes — principally on CO2. The overall level of taxation would remain exactly the same. It would be, in other words, a revenue neutral tax swap. But, instead of discouraging businesses from hiring more employees, it would discourage business from producing more pollution..."

[Zathras]

Letting Divinity School dropouts define global climate research sounds like a great idea. (NOT)

[lesko]

How are trees supposed to produce oxygen now?

[vox_freedom]

>>Would we tax wild animals too?

Everything but sting-rays and big city rats.

[seawolf101]

If he's going to start taxing hot air I'm sure that the politicians are not going to like it.

[12th_Monkey]

What's he been smoke'n??? I nominate that for the stupid quote of the week.

[kromike]

Uhhh, for all the hot-air bloviating that this weirdo has done over the last 6 lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng years, he's racked up quite a bill in both human & vehicle CO2 emissions. Big enough to wipe out the entire Federal Debt.

I assume that he'll be happy to pay this. Oh wait...I forgot...taxes are for us unwashed masses not privileged enough to as brilliant as Al Gore, "Certified Genius" (it says so on his business card)...

[BenLurkin]

Sounds like he wants to tax productivity -- but then what else is new?

[KarlInOhio]

Private jet rides for former vice presidents will be exempt.

[Moonman62]

Based on recent pictures I'd say Al has been putting away a lot of carbon all on his own.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I thought the only thing that kept him from being President was the people of the great state of Tennessee. Gore's home state IIRC.

[Right Wing Assault]

it would discourage business from producing more pollution

it would discourage business from producing more products and profits

[Continental Soldier]

It seems that Cindy Sheehan has company in her need for special psychiatric help.

[laweeks]

Oh, I hope that nut-bar is the front runner for the Dummycrats. What a slam-dunk! I think that he and that former governor of Georgia . . . what was his name? . . . Oh, Carter, Jimmy Carter, should both be on the ticket.

[oh8eleven]

elimination of all payroll taxes — including those for social security and unemployment compensation
Playing devil's advocate here - what if this worked and CO2 levels declined to the point that no one paid taxes.
How would we fund these (and all other) programs that are now tax supported?

[Cobra64]

I'm all for it. But first we must abolish the payroll tax and the unemployment tax and then I promise we get to Algore's "fart" tax first thing, I promise.

A study is under way.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

...Gore also called for the complete elimination of the payroll tax. It would be replaced by a tax on CO2:

So he wants to tax us on every breath we exhale?

Even Augustus didn't tax air, just urine.

[jerry639]

He wants to tax AIR?

Sure sounds like it. Of course parts of California will get a tax rebate because of air pollution.

My mother told me 40 years ago that the Dems would someday try to tax the air we breath.

[xtinct]

Is this another one of Gore's "moral" crusades?

Is he going to claim credit for inventing the Internet again?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Wait until Manbearpig finds out about this.

[kitkat]

He's for anything that hurts big business. Gee, that means no jobs for the rest of us because Gore will bankrupt the big businesses.