You Can Tax Stupidity!

Driving home today I noticed local police pulling people over left and right. Wanna know why? They were talking on their cell phones without them being hands free. Give me a friggin break. I find this new enforcement infuriating and here is why. What is the difference between talking and holding a phone to your ear or talking hands free? Either way you are concentrating on talking to someone else. Moreover, what is the difference between talking to someone on a cell phone and someone in the back seat? Right. There is NONE.

So why the sudden rash of enforcement? Car accidents? Near misses? Enforcing public policy? No, No, and No. The simple answer is taxes. At $100 a pop as a penalty, whether you plead guilty, innocent, fight it or try to cop a plea, that shit adds up. Expect more of it. Much more. It is like selling crack cocaine to these local municipalities that are strapped for cash now. I would not be surprised if cops were told that if they did not generate $X.00 in revenue per day they will lose their jobs.

Given how stupid people really are, this is quite simply--a tax on stupidity. How difficult is it to get a blue tooth system either for your car or a headset for your handset? How hard is it? Cheaper than a hundo too.

One last thought--what is the difference between me futzing around with my in-dash GPS and holding a cell phone to my ear? Exactly....

--The Angry Trader