Toilet Paper Tax?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:23 pm

Florida Lawmaker Seeks Toilet Paper Tax

Mar 10, 8:54 PM (ET)

By DAVID ROYSE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Legislature is flush with good ideas. Sen. Al Lawson's involves a 2 cent-per-roll tax on toilet paper to pay for wastewater treatment and help small towns upgrade their sewer systems.

The Democratic lawmaker's pay-as-you-go bill has been the source of many jokes - bathroom humor you might say - but he says the issue is a serious one, especially in some of the fast-growing Panhandle coastal counties in his district.

"They're experiencing a tremendous boom in growth and they're not able to accommodate the growth," Lawson said. "We've got 17 million people in this state and all of them can contribute to protecting our underground water supply."

In a Republican-dominated Legislature that doesn't like new taxes, the idea is likely to pretty quickly end up in the tank.

Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, said he didn't think it would get too far, but didn't rule it out.

"We'll be getting to the bottom of it real soon," Lee said.

The House is skeptical as well.

"We're not wild about tax increases," said House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City. "But we'll certainly let it go through the system."

If it were to pass, the extra two pennies would start being charged in October. Lawson said it could generate $50 million a year.

It would also need approval from Gov. Jeb Bush. He said that if toilet paper is taxed, people might use less of it.

"That's not necessarily a good thing," noted the governor.

And what about consumers? Wouldn't they be squeezed by a tax on the Charmin?

No, says Lawson.

"Two cents is not going to hurt families at all," he said. "This is one thing people don't mind paying for."

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:42 pm

Go to No Dung to Dump....

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:13 pm

Probably just a flash in the pan :wah:

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capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:05 pm

I wonder what Jeff Foxworthy would call it Sh1t tax

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:40 pm

Ha! Funny! I was in France once and wanted to use the bathroom in the train station.........the doorman wanted to know which job I was doing because it would depend on how much toilet paper I would get....which by the way, I had to pay for!!!! Only in France!

lime-sterman · Post by **lime-sterman** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:11 pm

I used a toilet at a train station in france once, I had my own toilet paper as we were backpacking, trouble was when I walked in there it looked like the scene from Aliens! you know when Ripley walk's into the Alien Queens egg chamber ''but these thing's on the floor were not egg's!!!''..............they had a jet washer near the door to clear the sewage down the hole in the floor, ''which obviously the last 30 people did not use!!...........I picked the jet washer up to make a pathway for myself and no sooner than I fired it off, that it blew all the sewage under the toilet panelling and onto the train station platform, with squeals of horror from people on the platform, ''including mine'' .............I used all that toilet roll that day, and it was a lot more expensive to buy than in the UK! but well worth the money spent!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:15 pm

lime-sterman wrote: I used a toilet at a train station in france once, I had my own toilet paper as we were backpacking, trouble was when I walked in there it looked like the scene from Aliens! you know when Ripley walk's into the Alien Queens egg chamber ''but these thing's on the floor were not egg's!!!''..............they had a jet washer near the door to clear the sewage down the hole in the floor, ''which obviously the last 30 people did not use!!...........I picked the jet washer up to make a pathway for myself and no sooner than I fired it off, that it blew all the sewage under the toilet panelling and onto the train station platform, with squeals of horror from people on the platform, ''including mine'' .............I used all that toilet roll that day, and it was a lot more expensive to buy than in the UK! but well worth the money spent!
Now that is bloody funny, the sort of thing that i'd do.. :wah: :wah: :wah:

lime-sterman · Post by **lime-sterman** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:38 pm

It sort of added to the tension when your mate's and the station master are banging on the door shouting ''what ye doin in there'' now I know why there were 30 egg's dumped there when I walked in, the guy's who left there mark had obviously used it before! and ended up like me, minus one toilet roll!!

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:05 pm

I was going to write something and I completely forgot what it was after reading that story. Eeew. Congratulations...another member who left me speechless.

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:19 pm

Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!! I AM IN STITCHES!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!