by Simon Black
This Friday we’re focusing on ridiculous stories around the world that will make the inflation problem worse.
New Zealand is proposing an absurd climate tax on farm animals (which will be inflationary on food prices). California is creating all sorts of insane new rules on businesses, which will make it more expensive to do business (also inflationary).
And courts in the Sue-nited States of America have established a precedent that is bound to drive insurance premiums much higher.
The geniuses in charge have really outdone themselves this week.
New Zealand Proposes Climate Tax targeting farm animals’ burps and farts
New Zealand is proposing to tax farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions.
The plan is to tax farmers on carbon emissions from farm equipment, but also levy a tax on methane emissions from livestock, produced in their stomachs as they digest food.
In other words, New Zealand will tax cow and sheep burps and farts.
Sheep and cattle vastly outnumber the human population of New Zealand, so the proposal says this will be a more effective way of reducing the island nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The proposal does not recommend specific prices for the tax at this time.
But farmers will have to report data on their farm to the government, which will calculate the tax owed on a farm-by-farm basis.
Of course, this also means the price of food will increase, since it will cost farmers more to keep livestock, plant, and harvest vegetables.
Click here to read the full report.
California Requires New Certification for Anyone Who Serves Alcohol
A new California law, the Responsible Beverage Service Training Act, requires more training for anyone in the state who serves alcohol.
Bartenders, waitstaff, and managers at any establishment licensed to serve alcohol must complete a four-hour class on the “impact of alcohol on the body… State laws and regulations relating to” alcohol, and “intervention techniques” to cut-off intoxicated patrons.
After taking the class, workers must pass a two-hour exam.
Now, certainly some people may think it’s a good idea to provide waitstaff with more alcohol training. But it’s worth asking— is this really the priority right now?
The industry (along with just about every other) is finding it nearly impossible to hire enough people. Now this state requirement will make it even more difficult to find ‘qualified’ labor to work in restaurants, and more importantly, restaurants will have to raise prices to offset the extra cost of training and recruiting qualified staff.
So bottom line, this new requirement only adds to the inflation problem.
Click here to read the full law.
California to Micro-Manage Every Fast Food Restaurant in the State
The National Restaurant Association is sounding the alarm on a proposed California bill called the FAST Recovery Act.
The organization warns that the bill would create an unelected council with “complete authority over counter service restaurants, with the ability to set regulations, without consulting the California Legislature,” on fast food employee wages, scheduling, training, and other areas.
The bill would also hold a company responsible for violations of labor law which occur at specific independently-owned franchises.
So businesses will face more liability and stifling regulation in an industry that is already experiencing labor shortages and supply chain problems.
It’s just so hard to understand why businesses are fleeing California…
Click here to read the full bill.
GEICO to Pay $5.2 million to Woman Who Caught STD in Her Lover’s Car
A woman caught a sexually transmitted disease, HPV, from her romantic partner while engaging in unprotected sex in his car.
But luckily, her lover’s vehicle was insured by GEICO car insurance. Naturally, this lady contacted GEICO seeking a settlement “for her injuries and losses,” sustained while inside the vehicle.
GEICO rejected the claim, because “damages claimed did not arise out of the normal use of the vehicle.”
But when the case went to arbitration, the arbitrator ruled that the insured “negligently infected” his lover with HPV, and awarded the woman $5.2 million.
And as ridiculous as it sounds, when GEICO appealed the ruling, the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed that GEICO must pay $5.2 million to the woman.
What do you think— will an entire cottage industry of back-seat-related claims rain down on insurers across the US?
Gee I wonder if our insurance premiums are going to rise as a result of such frivolous lawsuits…
Click here to read the court decision.
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To New Zealand farmers remember your country is a shithole of woke liberalism run by a WEF FART HEAD !
So here is your solution : All your farm animals even the bulls claim to be female and everybody knows girls don’t fart .
Glad I could be of help !
What New Zealand needs is an entirely new government, and an entirely new ruling class.
Sort of like the rest of the West.
A new world order, to build back better
That’s what they have now.
Just an excuse for California to add union dues paying public employees on the back of the hospitality industry.
So… how does one become a certified fart assessor for the county tax office?
(Asking for a friend.)
What a job the NZ fart inspector will be. I can just hear it now – “Hello, Mr. Farmer. I am from the government and am here to see how many farts your cattle are releasing into the atmosphere.”
He used to be a smart feller, now he is a fart smeller.
That was very witty indeed.
I will suggest that to our county tax assessor, who is bound to stop by soon to see what we are doing down at the treehouse.
Tsk, tsk, fart smeller… until it is liveable, it ain’t taxable.
Eff you, fart smeller.
Every animal is different. Scientist would need to monitor an animals exercising, eating, and pooping habits over a period of time. Then set up a test lab to feed the animal and exercise it in a pool of water so they could get accurate methane gas production for taxation purposes. This would need to be done with every animal on the farm over a controlled period of time. Maybe 2 years? Oh, I forgot, different breeds will have different results. Don’t forget about crossbreeds.
On another note when Columbus discovered America Bison grazed in 2/3rds of the US nation. Their numbers were in far excess of the current world population of cows. They are twice the size of a cow. Their farts had little to no impact on the environment.
What a dummy Columbus was.
He could have just taxed the Injuns for all that buffalo flatulence and the world would have been saved.
It was said a squirrel could go from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River without ever having to touch the ground. I know this has nothing to do with farts I just thought it was a fun fact. But if you think about it…with all those squrals they have to fart sometime too. What about fish them too. What about….
A world wide mass insanity, never mind any mass formation crap.