#1219 Twaddeal

Now that the Healthcare jobs bill has passed, the next thing the feds need to focus on is taxes. But everybody hates taxes.
That’s why the most popular way to tax is to make taxes small and frequent, preferably on socially annoying things, and get them from people who can’t fight back.
You also want to get taxes from folks who are addicted to whatever it is you’re taxing so they pay no matter what. That’s why taxes on things like liquor and cigarettes and are so effective.
So what’s the next big tax motherlode?
Twitter.
Yes Twitter, that annoying thing that obsessive young folks do 24/7. Think of it as a nuisance tax. Or better yet, a tax on all the hours people take away from productivity as they waste time twiddling their thumbs Tweeting.
A thumb tax perhaps?
A Twitter tax fits all the requirements. It taxes a socially annoying action. The general public won’t be upset if you start taxing Tweeters.
And you can get it from people who won’t fight back. What are they going to do? Tweet each other? Oooh, sounds so vicious. Let’s all Tweet the White House.
And Twitterers are addicted to Tweeting like tweakers are addicted to meth.
And who Tweets more than anyone? People between the ages of 10 and 13. Tweens. Tweens have the most disposable income on the planet. Every tween with a cellphone has his or her parent’s discretionary income by the heartstrings.
Keep the tax small. One tenth of one percent. Let’s called it a twenth. The name? Let’s see…you got your T for Time, your W for Wasting, and your ax from Tax.
How about Twax?
Yeah...Tax Tweens with a twenth of a cent Twitter Twax.
Tawiffic.
America, ya gotta love it.