WHAT GAS!

Our tax dollars are put to good use once again! This time it is the EPA, those geniuses in Washington, DC, who have come up with a plan that smacks of lack of insight. Belching and gaseous cows and pigs may start costing farmers money, if this stupid proposal goes into law. It would require farmers or ranchers with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog! If the fear of recession isn’t enough, this should alleviate our fears as we lose the live stock industry to costly taxes.

If you know, the government has been accused of many stupid things before. Buying toilet seats at astronomical prices, old laws that no longer have meaning to our society, and jobs that are strictly pork barrel consequences. It is time to help the government distribute the blame beyond congress. EPA, take a bow.

What is next after cows and pigs? Do chickens let it ride occasionally? What about my dog? Did you ever get behind her when she sleeps on my floor, and I’m thinking: “Geez, we got a gas leak somewhere!”

You have kids, then be prepared to pay for saying: “Eat, you want to be big and strong like Daddy?” And by the way, what about Daddy, what will THAT cost?

My thinking is that they would be better off taxing the people in the EPA who proposed this stupid idea. Catch them off guard, and every time they let one loose, tax THEM! I’m sure the stink they make would be more offensive than some old poor cow that will wind up a steak on my table.

The executive vice president of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation estimates the fee would cost owners of a middle-sized ranch $30,000 to $40,000 a year. He said he has talked to a number of livestock owners about the proposals, and "all have said if the fees were carried out, it would bankrupt them."

So next time someone looks at you and says: Ewww, wuz dat hew?” think about it. It could cost YOU big bucks someday!

Please remember my buddies Joan and DD, and all those that need our prayers.