The "Cow Fart" Tax - really

What will "Big Government" types think of next? The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a plan to tax farmers for the methane their livestock expel. There will be a flat, annual tax per head of various kinds of cows and pigs. Problem #1 - the EPA doesn't have any authority to levy a tax. Problem #2 - the livestock will continue farting even once their owner pays the tax. Problem #3 - they haven't told us how they intend to use the tax revenue generated (perhaps they'll plug the hole in the Ozone layer with it?). Problem #4 - they want hearings and a Congressional vote on this ASAP (sound familiar?). I guess this is the kind of America some people can finally be proud of?