Virginia Lawmaker Pushes Tax Break to Send Ashes into Outer Space
by PubliusFrom the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
That annoying cellphone ringtone? There really ought to be a law.
What’s a guy gotta do to get a tax break on shipping his remains into lunar orbit?
And hasn’t Virginia waited long enough for a NASCAR license plate?
Many of the 3,000 or so bills submitted to the General Assembly for consideration during its legislative session each year are critical to the interests of the commonwealth — bills affecting the courts, health care, roads, elections and the environment.
And while this year’s legislative session will be a pivotal one, perhaps defined by Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposed two-year budget, there are, as always, some less critical matters to attend to.
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And then there’s the bill from Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott, to provide a tax break for all those folks clamoring to send their mortal remains into space. It would offer a tax deduction not to exceed $8,000 for prepaid contracts with commercial spaceflight companies to “place the taxpayer’s cremated remains in Earth or lunar orbit.”
Read more here. As the great philosopher James Traficant used to say, “Beam me up!” This, my friends is how we’ve ended up with an overly complicated tax code.
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22 Comments
My hero george
George washington could have been king, but instead he chose to lead a nation to freedom.
Free and unaffiliated is a campaign to allow the George Washingtons of our country to lead us back to freedom and prosperity.
The polarizing forced collectivism of the two government party system has stolen our freedom one tax one regulation one manipulation at a time and all in the name of public good, but in reality it was the power and plunder for the few.
“place the taxpayer’s cremated remains in Earth or lunar orbit.”
Pretty funny.
They are pushing laws here to outlaw fly-ash and regulate high sulfur coal, meanwhile, they are wanting to send loonies into Lunar orbit.
"……..Virginia Lawmaker Pushes Tax Break to Send Ashes into Outer Space……"
What Virgina "lawmakers" should send to space……….
is that law that does not allow Gingrich or Perry,…….
on their primary ballot.
Two Face and Looney Tunes are not……..
a good choice for Virginia voters.
Does Kilgore own a spacecraft? Or his brother-in-law?
This has to be a follow-the-money proposition.
They want to send Canadian dollar coins into lunar orbit, Cowboy? I didn't see that part but, I didn't click the link either. Mind you, it makes sense. In the future, when they are reclaimed (de-orbited?), they'll be worth a hell of a lot more than the American dollar!
Excuse me but, aren't tax breaks supposed to promote commercial activity or the welfare of the people? Virginia has a space program that needs support? I didn't know that!
Though maybe, it's just Del. Terry Kilgore who has a space problem…err… program, in his head.
And he's a Republican?
Why do they do things like this? They play right into the hands of the perpetually nonplussed! Who can afford to send their relatives ashes into space, cluttering it up and all? Rich people! That's who!
Sheesh!
Maybe a proposal to send polititians into space. I know ashes are lighter…but…
Good post serf!
Why aren't the Globull Warmests screaming about this? Talk about greenhouse effect!
I'd hate the thought of some day getting hit in the head by Barney Frank.
Off topic update on dissent online: EPIC – FOIA Documents Reveal Homeland Security is Monitoring Political Dissent http://epic.org/foia/epic-v-dhs-media-monitoring/...
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington
I thought they would burn up on reentry. Barney has been reentered somany times and still nothing……….Good point. We need a law…..
Well, hell. guess I will meet up with all you fine people in the FEMA camp. I hope they send my ashes to space before then.
LOL!!!!!!!!
I will join you!
You owe me a keyboard…and coffee.
"What’s a guy gotta do to get a tax break on shipping his remains into lunar orbit?"
This was the subject in an old 60s movie "The Loved One" the owner of a cemetery ran out of room, his gimmick was to send remains into space, he called it….. "resurrection now". To get those "stiffs" off of his property.
and yet it has nothing to do with the post.
To get the NASCAR folks to back it they can call the rockets "Dead Urn Carts".
Can we please send our politicians into space? Their ideas are way out there anyway.
manipulation of government.
Why wait?
Send them now.
It would be cheapest to blow them into space…
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