States Struggle To Fill Budget Gaps

As the economy continues to falter, states are finding it difficult to remain solvent.

Here are some of the new taxes being proposed to keep states afloat:

• Florida: $5 for every swearword uttered during arrest
• Mississippi: $1 fee to spell its name out loud in a singsongy manner
• West Virginia: $50 kin-kissin' fee
• Vermont: Charging $1 per autumn-colored leaf viewed by nonresidents
• Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy memorial income tax increase of 4 percent
• New Hampshire: 1 percent "this is not a tax" reverse-subsidy on items sold
• Iowa: $9 corn-proximity fee
• Wisconsin: 10 percent increase in the beer tax, which is bullshit