Proposed tax bill, if passed, will eliminate the government’s broccoli mandate. Americans will no longer be forced to purchase broccoli. Currently, citizens who don’t buy broccoli are subject to a broccoli tax as much as 2.5% of income.
A spokesman for the American Broccoli Association stated “Broccoli is a right, not a food. If broccoli consumption declines, we will see people die in the streets. We are gonna do everything we can to turn this around in 2018!