Meat Tax Proposal Highlight Vegetarian Accomplishments

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

(The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) kicked off a "Tax Meat" Campaign, proposing a 10-cent-per-pound excise tax on meat. Animal activists have also asked federal lawmakers to give tax breaks to those who have sworn off the consumption of animals.

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk sent letters to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging them to extend to vegetarians the same tax breaks that hybrid car owners receive for purchasing vehicles with low carbon emissions.

Newkirk claims vegetarians are responsible for fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and "environmental degradations" than meat-eaters.

Other accomplishments by vegetarians include:

Increase sales of black hair dye and thick-rimmed glasses.

Higher employment rates at bookstores.

Crowding Indian food restaurants.

The wallpapering of political bumper stickers on the back of Subarus.

Complaining about Starbucks in the local coffee shop.

Acting in a "theater troupe".

Liking Bjork.