photo source: PETA
Going green is all the rage these days – even in the tax world. And I’m not just talking about hybrid vehicles and credits for energy efficient improvements to your home. I’m talking as green as it gets: vegetarian green. That’s right, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on congressional leaders to give vegetarians a tax break.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk has sent a letter to Congressional letters claiming that “vegetarians are responsible for far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and other kinds of environmental degradation than meat-eaters” and should, as a result, have the benefit of a tax break.
And while Congressional leaders haven’t shown any apparent interest in the plan, PETA is not deterred. They’ve launched a website to encourage the taxation of meat a la our “sin taxes” like those on cigarettes, alcohol and other bad behaviors that Congress wants to discourage. I have to say, it’s an interesting theory.
If you pop by PETA’s main web site, you can check out their information about estate planning (very clever) and vote for the sexiest vegetarian celebrity (sorry, guys, you can’t vote for me – not a vegetarian).
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