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Today President Obama signed the bill that many have pushed for in recent weeks: SIN, or the Shift Into Neutral bill. The bill passed with bipartisan support but was often overlooked in a legislative session that has been dominated by rancor over health care reform.
After seeing the horrible carnage wrought upon America in the past year by runaway vehicles, lawmakers decided it was time to act and save the country from any further damage. Effectively immediately the bill makes failing to shift your car into neutral when it experiences sudden acceleration (worded in the bill as “Toyota Syndrome”) punishable by a $5000 fine and up to ten years in prison.
The bill also establishes a new branch of the federal government to administer the program. Called the SIN Service or SS, it will be funded by a new tax included in the bill. The SIN tax is expected to raise $50 billion a year by establishing sales taxes on pizza, beer, soda, salt, snack cakes, and condoms to a level “That establishes proper and fair obesity justice.”
President Obama claims that the bill will save or create 4,000 American lives per year for the first five years, but White House estimates have that dropping afterwards as the law takes effect.
After the signing he took the chance to publicly remind America that they can save fuel by properly inflating their tires.