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Cow Tax Proposal Would Threaten Agriculture Viability
Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation ^ | November 15, 2008 | unattributed

Posted on 11/18/2008 6:35:07 PM PST by prairiebreeze

“With the economy in bad shape and the possibility of a deep recession looming, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to levy new taxes—on cows and pigs,” American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Regulatory Relations Rick Krause told Wyoming Farm Bureau members at their annual meeting. Krause spoke in Sheridan on Nov. 7.

“This is no laughing matter,” Krause said. “The cow tax and the pig tax are parts of a larger scheme by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.”

“Under the proposal, if a state charged the “presumptive minimum rate” from the EPA, the cow tax would be $175 per dairy cow, $87.50 per head for beef cattle and a little more than $20 per pig,” Krause explained.

(Excerpt) Read more at wyfb.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; cattle; climatechange; cow; cowtax; globalwarming; insanity
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To: prairiebreeze

Cow tax?

Dear Lord, please make them not be so stupid, it’s an embarrassing sight to behold...the whole world is watching us turn stupid. Also, dear Father, please help us to have enough money to live on and make the next 4 years, two months, and two days and ten minutes, go VERY fast. Amen.


61 posted on 11/18/2008 8:53:56 PM PST by madison10
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To: PzLdr

Good one!


62 posted on 11/18/2008 8:56:28 PM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America)
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To: Kadanne
I truly believe that somewhere in a dark room sits a committee whose sole purpose is to nickle and dime us to death. Soon our lawn tractor will become a luxury vehicle and will need a license and the EPA will want its share for the exhaust my electric dryer emits.

Shhh...they're probably taking notes as we type.

63 posted on 11/18/2008 9:04:00 PM PST by madison10
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To: prairiebreeze

What about the million metric tons of gas that emanates daily from Washington? That should be taxed too.


64 posted on 11/18/2008 9:08:12 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: prairiebreeze

Deport all the illegal aliens and tax beans, leave my meat and milk alone!!!


65 posted on 11/18/2008 9:10:57 PM PST by dalereed
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To: prairiebreeze

Taxing cow farts.

Democrats should be laughed out of Congress, but there are so many dumbed down Americans that vote FOR such nonsense.


66 posted on 11/18/2008 9:12:16 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (It's no longer the Press Van, it's a "Tanker" Truck!)
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To: madison10

LOL, funny because you are probably right!!


67 posted on 11/18/2008 9:14:22 PM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America)
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To: prairiebreeze

Someone needs to invent a “plug in” after burner for cows and pigs!


68 posted on 11/18/2008 9:14:23 PM PST by dalereed
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To: prairiebreeze

Back in the radical days, the leftist clowns had an organization in Newark called JOIN, Jobs Or Income Now.

Yet they keep striking out at business that either provides tax money that becomes some handout recpient’s “income” or provides the job “demanded”.

Do these asses really believe that government created money or jobs?


69 posted on 11/18/2008 9:15:36 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (It's no longer the Press Van, it's a "Tanker" Truck!)
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To: prairiebreeze
I propose a tax on liberals for the burden of having to hear their monumentally stupid ideas.
70 posted on 11/18/2008 9:16:29 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I can't wait for January 20, 2013")
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To: dalereed

Or convert it to an alternative fuel...um gas!
Sorry, I just couldnt help myself.


71 posted on 11/18/2008 9:16:47 PM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America)
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To: Doctor Raoul

“Do these asses really believe that government created money or jobs?”

They never created a job but they sure print a lot of fiat money to pay their white collar welfare!


72 posted on 11/18/2008 9:19:43 PM PST by dalereed
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To: prairiebreeze; familyop; stockpirate

>”I have no problem with the tax IF we equally apply the tax to imported livestock and boxed meat.”<

If you were to say that to the Dim that came up with this crazy idea, they would understand exactly what you mean. They have absolutely zero intentions of making this a fair game.


73 posted on 11/18/2008 10:30:54 PM PST by B4Ranch (("In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." FDR)
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To: ConservativeMind
How does the EPA have taxing authority?

The same authority that allowed Al Gore to assess an internet tax, "no one gives a rats @ss anymore," That is the best explanation I can offer. Sigh......

74 posted on 11/18/2008 11:56:29 PM PST by itsahoot (We will have world government. Whether by conquest or consent. Looks like that question is answered)
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To: familyop; B4Ranch

I do, because I don’t want the cost of meat or dairy products to go up relative to soy.


75 posted on 11/19/2008 12:16:50 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Obama is bringing in every crook and bumbler he can to assure consistency in his message.)
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To: prairiebreeze

Sadly, it’s Bush’s EPA making this.


76 posted on 11/19/2008 6:28:33 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Obama is bringing in every crook and bumbler he can to assure consistency in his message.)
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To: prairiebreeze

These guys approve of the plan.

77 posted on 11/19/2008 6:41:56 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: ConservativeMind
Sadly, it’s Bush’s EPA making this.

If you think this is Bush's EPA you're mistaken. This EPA already belongs to the "other" guy.

78 posted on 11/19/2008 6:50:09 AM PST by madison10
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To: B4Ranch

I propose a tax on idiotic posts


79 posted on 11/19/2008 6:55:15 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (When homo's can procreate - they can get married)
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To: dalereed; prairiebreeze


80 posted on 11/19/2008 7:27:37 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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