[C210N]

There is another obvious solution to the caller’s point...

If there is too much salt in the ocean, it should be taxed. Will help with the deficit.

If the ocean’s salt is starting to deplete, it should be subsidized. A bit more Monetary Easing will go a long way to paying for this.

If you think this is going to break the budget, then, to make up for the above... we should also tax de-salinized water, and subsidize too salty water.

No new legislation would be required to do the above, since the EPA rules on the waters of the earth.

[sparklite2]

I don’t routinely use table salt, which is iodized to prevent iodine deficiency. If we used only sea salt, would that lead to more goiter and stuff?

[Mastador1]

Your missing out on the teaching moment, all the school children should be ordered to collect all salt in their homes for the good of gaia and field trips organized to take the children to the nearest ocean( damn the cost for those in the midwest). At a predetermined time all the children will pour the salt into the ocean in synchronization effecting a poignant yet meaningless display.