[Kansas58]

How about we get someone in Congress to propose a TAX!

A TAX on NEWSPRINT!

Whereas the production of newspapers causes trees to be cut down, hauled by polluting trucks to polluting paper mills, and hauled from paper mills to publishers and

Whereas the production of newspapers requires toxic ink and solvents and energy wasting machinery and

Whereas the distribution of newspapers requires the use of dirty internal combustion engines and

Whereas a large portion of every landfill is used for discarded newspapers,

Therefore:

Be it resolved that a Newsprint tax, of $1,000.00 per pound, be charged to EVERY newspaper with a daily subscription, within the United States!
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We should get some Republican to propose THIS as an amendment to any “cap and trade” or “carbon tax” proposal that comes up!
Maybe we can make it like “Cap and Trade” and use the revenue generated, from this tax on dirty dinosaur newspapers, to subsidize a tax credit for home computers and digital devices?
Or, we could use the money to subsidize talk radio! Well, those guys really don’t need any help!

[Islander7]

Great minds inhabit Free Republic!

I pulled this statement verbatim from a lefty website.
I love to play their stupidity against them

[papasmurf]

Forgot to mention in my post, so I'll tag it to yours-since you posted the tax for the environmental damage they do.

Newspapers Cause More Harm Than Cigarette Smokers !!!

Since 0bama has seen fit to charge us a $24.00 per pound tax on tobacco, the news industry should be charged $48.00 per pound of tree they take!