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Old 07-11-2014, 09:37 AM  
Amputate Your Head
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The breathing tax has begun

This was going to happen sooner or later.

The biggest international airport in Venezuela is charging a fee for the right to inhale clean air - and social media users are not happy.

We're used to a seemingly endless range of taxes and surcharges when we fly - passenger taxes, departure taxes, fuel levies. But Maiquetia International Airport in Caracas has taken this a step further - passengers flying out now have to pay 127 bolivars tax (£12; $20) for the air they breathe.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28227198

Not surprising. Obamacare taxes you for the privilege of existing.
The TSA charges a groping tax.
I expect the breathing tax will make its way here soon.
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