In October, Florida state Rep. Ritch Workman ® filed a bill to end the state’s ban on dwarf tossing — the practice of “launching little people for the amusement of an audience.”
Workman may not condone throwing little people across his lawn, but he introduced the bill because he wanted to remove a “Big Brother law” that would create jobs:
“Well, there is nothing immoral or illegal about that activity,” Workman said.
“All we really did by passing that law was take away some employment from some little people.”
Kentucky Provides Tax Credit To Build Theme Park Modelled After Noah’s Ark:
In May, Kentucky gave a Bible-themed amusement park — replete with a model Noah’s Ark and Tower of Babel — a $43 million tax break.
In August, the state went even farther, giving the Ark Encounter theme park a 75 percent property tax discount for the next three decades.
The justification for the tax breaks? Ark Park officials say it’ll create 900 jobs — based on a study Ark Park officials did themselves.
Newt Gingrich Proposes Jobs Plan For Poor Kids To Be Janitors:
The idea factory that is Newt Gingrich produced a gem of a jobs plan this year when he called for firing all school janitors and replacing them with poor students.
Believing child labor laws are “tragic” and “stupid,” the candidate touted the idea, asking “What if they became assistant janitor and their jobs were to mop the floor and clean the bathroom?”
South Carolina Offers Tax-Free Weekend To Buy Guns:
Amidst continued teacher layoffs and surging violence, South Carolina lawmakers thought it’d be wise to keep in place a sales-tax-free weekend for gun purchases.
Created several years ago, the tax-free weekend for guns costs the state $250,000 in revenue each weekend it’s in place.
The effort prompted one Democratic state senator to convey a message he heard from his constituents: “Have ya’ll lost your mind?
Why would we want to give people a tax break to buy guns? Crime’s going up.
What are we we doing? We’re providing tax breaks for people to buy guns.”
Virginia Bill Provides Tax Credit For Blasting Cremated Remains Into Space:
A Virginia state representative proposed a bill that
“would provide a state tax credit of up to $8,000 to those who agree to have their cremated remains loaded onto a rocket and blasted into space.
There’s just one catch: Virginia’s lone spaceport doesn't offer space burials.
The bill is scheduled to be debated in January.
No comments:
Post a Comment