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
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