Taxing Sci-Fi Products to Fund NASA?

LordNimon writes "According to an article in the Huntsville (AL) Times, Michael Williams, a Republican candidate for Congress, is proposing a 1% tax on any science fiction- or space-related products (e.g. books, toys, and games) and using that money to fund NASA. At first I thought this guy was crazy, considering the administrative nightmare of determining which products should be taxed. But then I realized something - this tax would make those who are most interested in space the primary source of space development funding. Instead of making everyone pay for NASA, those who care most about it also fund it the most. Maybe if the guy didn't work in a supermarket, he'd be taken more seriously."

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Re:Yeah! Tax the people who care!

[LadyLucky]

... handguns, alarms and mace (after all, those are the people interested in protection)

Handguns arent about protection. If they were, then why on earth would countries with the lowest number of guns have the fewest gun deaths, and those with the most guns have the most deaths?