U.S. News & World Report, Why Stop at Banks? 13 Other Great Taxes, by Rick Newman:
The government is desperate for money, after all, and taxpayers are going to cough it up one way or the other, no matter where the tax starts. So here are some other “responsibility fees” that would bring in needed funds while encouraging Americans to behave better: …
The Kanye West Tax. Ante up every time you act like an ass. If it’s on TV, multiply the baseline fee by the number of people who view the act of stupidity, including YouTube and Hulu replays. …
The Overexposure Tax. To be paid by any president who shows up on TV more than five times per week. Doubled for every published picture of him playing basketball or frolicking on the beach during vacation. …
The Twitter Tax. Suffer from Nothing-Interesting-To-Say Disease? Here’s the cure: A $1 tax on every pointless Tweet. The government will be back in the black in no time.
