"Natural" Gas Tax in NZ

Here's the headline from BBC: "NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers". No, really. I swear, I am not making this up, and you can look at the whole article on BBC. Big brother, take note; maybe mom and dad will finally start taxing/fining you for your own indoor methane production! Money passage from the article:

"However New Zealand farmers argue that taxpayers should pay for the research, because reducing the emissions benefits everyone.

"'This decision is yet another example of the government's desire to act in the wider public interest but expecting rural New Zealand to pay for its largesse,' Federated Farmers President Tom Lambie said."

I admittedly don't know enough about the methane situation in NZ to comment in anything resembling a knowledgeable manner, but I do have one question; how many farmers that you know ever use the word "largesse" in a sentence? Tom Lambie, you're alright in my book, unless your last name isn't just a huge coincidence, in which case I think you're a sick, sick man...

-tn

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