Democrat tax plans... I'll never look at TP the same way again.

Democrats are all about taxes. It's one of the classic observations of our time. So imagine the spinchter tightening going on all over the state of Florida... all in the "face" of democrat Sen. Al Lawson's "idea" to put a special tax on toilet paper.

Republican Senate President Tom Lee thinks the Florida Senate will at least take a look at it. "We'll be getting to the bottom of it real soon," Lee said.

(No. I'm not making any of this up.)

Tip o' da hat to Matt Drudge.

Florida Lawmaker Seeks Toilet Paper Tax
By DAVID ROYSE
My Way News
Mar 10, 8:54 PM (ET)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Legislature is flush with good ideas. Sen. Al Lawson's involves a 2 cent-per-roll tax on toilet paper to pay for wastewater treatment and help small towns upgrade their sewer systems.

The Democratic lawmaker's pay-as-you-go bill has been the source of many jokes - bathroom humor you might say - but he says the issue is a serious one, especially in some of the fast-growing Panhandle coastal counties in his district.

"They're experiencing a tremendous boom in growth and they're not able to accommodate the growth," Lawson said. "We've got 17 million people in this state and all of them can contribute to protecting our underground water supply."

In a Republican-dominated Legislature that doesn't like new taxes, the idea is likely to pretty quickly end up in the tank.

Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, said he didn't think it would get too far, but didn't rule it out.

"We'll be getting to the bottom of it real soon," Lee said.

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