Tax break for pet owners!! (well, I am an optimistic dreamer)

Its been debated for years now and finally some serious contemplation about passing a new bill.

"A bill making the rounds on Capitol Hill marries two feel-good propositions -- tax cuts and pet ownership -- to generate a novel idea: A tax break of up to $3,500 per person for pet care expenses.

The measure is a legislative long shot. But it's been championed by a veteran Hollywood tough guy and by a conservative Michigan congressman, and has drawn the enthusiastic support of animal rights groups eager to promote pet ownership during economic down times.

We think this is as much a health care bill as any, said Nancy Perry, vice president of government affairs at the Humane Society of the United States. It's a human health issue to ensure that pets are provided with better care because of the role they play in our families. The measure even has a snappy acronym: the HAPPY Act, as in Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years."

Never underestimate the scarcity of "cognitive misers" who make this great country polarized and worst they debate the dissonance in the name of "free will".

"The bill seems unlikely to advance very far. Both Republican and Democratic aides say it hasn't risen near the top of anyone's priority list, given the other huge challenges confronting lawmakers these days.

And reactions among conservatives are mixed at best.

Ed Morrissey, writing for HotAir.com, pointed out that carving out new tax deductions works against efforts to simplify the tax code.

I like both Davi and McCotter, but this seems rather misguided, especially for a conservative Republican like McCotter," Morrissey wrote. Republicans have been demanding tax simplification, not further complication, for the last few years, and for good reasons. The problem with the current tax code is precisely that 'using the tax code to encourage positive behavior is common practice.' Congress and presidents routinely press for tax breaks for their ideas of social engineering, which is why we now spend hundreds of billions of dollars in tax compliance."

It's ok to have a subsidized food industry (not many understand our food is subsidized) to slaughter animals in billions but it's not okay to have a simple tax break for pet care.

"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. - Max Planck, A Scientific Autobiography"