S.F. is taxing butts now

[AlmostThere]

Yes, this is a NYT article, not something from TheOnion. :D

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/us/19smoke.html?_r=2&hp
SAN FRANCISCO — In what he casts as an attack on litterbugs and nicotine addiction alike, Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to impose a fee on an age-old inhabitant of city streets: the cigarette butt.

[BadCat]

Being about San Francisco, I had to check to see if they were indeed referring to cigarette butts.

[AlmostThere]

Being about San Francisco, I had to check to see if they were indeed referring to cigarette butts.

That was the only reason I posted. The ironic humor was too much to pass up.

[ralph wiggum]

So essentially they are taxing the "butts" when you buy them, and then re-tax them when you throw them away? :rolleyes:

Shouldn't you get a refund something along the lines of a bottle deposit by returning them?

[lacarnut]

That was the only reason I posted. The ironic humor was too much to pass up.

Now, if they could only find a way to tax the fudgepuckers.