From 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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