PETA proposes vegetarian tax cut

WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the U.S. Congress should give vegetarians a tax cut.

Vegetarians "are responsible for far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and other kinds of environmental degradation than meat-eaters." PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a letter to congressional leaders, The Hill reported.

Newkirk cited a U.N. report on global warming, saying "scientists determined that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, trucks, and (planes) in the world combined."

"Anyone who buys a hybrid in order to cut down on their contribution to global warming and uses it to drive to the supermarket to buy chicken, steaks and milk should face up to the fact that there's no such thing as a meat-eating environmentalist, Newkirk said.

The Hill reported that congressional leaders haven't given any indication they were considering a vegetarian tax cut.