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April 14, 2010 - 3:44pm
FILE- This May 22, 2009 file photo shows Lutz Giasa, left, and Karl-Heinz Hiller, both of Berlin, Germany, in a downtown Anchorage, Alaska, park before the start of a parade kicking off the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Moustaches might be having a trendy moment with fashion insiders, models and Facebook fan pages. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, FILE)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - It's time that mustached Americans got in on the stimulus money. At least that's the proposal being pushed by tax policy professor John Yeutter and the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute. The tongue-in-cheek group dubs itself "the world's only facial hair advocacy and research organization."
On the eve of the deadline to file income tax returns, the professor and the AMI are pushing for a $250 annual tax incentive for people with mustaches. The funds would be used for mustache grooming supplies.
The AMI said the current system "provides a disincentive for the clean-shaven to enjoy the mustached American lifestyle."
The AMI said the stimulus money could be used not only for trimming instruments but for wax, combs and mirrors.
April 14, 2010 - 3:44pm
FILE- This May 22, 2009 file photo shows Lutz Giasa, left, and Karl-Heinz Hiller, both of Berlin, Germany, in a downtown Anchorage, Alaska, park before the start of a parade kicking off the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Moustaches might be having a trendy moment with fashion insiders, models and Facebook fan pages. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, FILE)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - It's time that mustached Americans got in on the stimulus money. At least that's the proposal being pushed by tax policy professor John Yeutter and the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute. The tongue-in-cheek group dubs itself "the world's only facial hair advocacy and research organization."
On the eve of the deadline to file income tax returns, the professor and the AMI are pushing for a $250 annual tax incentive for people with mustaches. The funds would be used for mustache grooming supplies.
The AMI said the current system "provides a disincentive for the clean-shaven to enjoy the mustached American lifestyle."
The AMI said the stimulus money could be used not only for trimming instruments but for wax, combs and mirrors.
It does kinda promote some sort of pride in our culture, so why not? European Govt.s spend public money on all kinds of crazy art to invest in their culture, so, why not the art of grooming?
