tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post3953751662481953418..comments2024-01-17T16:51:31.413-06:00Comments on Right-Wing & Right Minded: Taxing MilesChristopher Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422080978963114933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-53086326638548517802009-02-22T03:38:00.000-06:002009-02-22T03:38:00.000-06:00... actually, I have to 'come clean' after our plo...... actually, I have to 'come clean' after our plot was busted that beacon of journalistic integrity, the weekly world news.<BR/><BR/>The 'flush tax' was an attempt by Aussie greenies to inflict our backwards communist water on american toilets, and not a research paper misrepresented by an online tabloid.<BR/><BR/>http://weeklyworldnews.com/opinion/ed-anger/6352/ed-anger-says-greenies-can-go-flush-their-heads/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807254525401626430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-66383064272595142472009-02-22T03:27:00.000-06:002009-02-22T03:27:00.000-06:00"there's talk that Australia is going to tax by th..."there's talk that Australia is going to tax by the flush"<BR/><BR/>Not going to happen... it's a fiction that bloggers everywhere but here have picked-up on. <BR/>...based on some research looking at a water-usage tax model supposedly inspired by an existing model in Texas. It is a research discussion paper that looks at how to influence people's use of water, not an impending toilet tax... but hey, that's the joy of poor journalism and blogging - you don't have to let the truth get in the way of a sensational headline.<BR/><BR/>The English road use tax is a 'congestion tax' that is s'posed to reduce excessive traffic in inner city areas.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807254525401626430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-33247737729317295772009-02-20T21:33:00.000-06:002009-02-20T21:33:00.000-06:00I don't know about the UK but there's talk that Au...I don't know about the UK but there's talk that Australia is going to tax by the flush. Really.BetteJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650981249204116251noreply@blogger.com