It is becoming obvious that somehow the government is going to have to find additional sources of income, even if only to pay the interest on the national debt.
It has recently come to my attention that the human body is composed of approximately 19 percent carbon.
The government could set a cap of say 15 percent and tax the rest. There are about 300 million people in the U.S. – that ought to be a start.
Ted Slack
Lebanon, Va.
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