Moustachioed Americans to march for tax break

Moustachioed Americans with a sense of both charity and humour are making plans to descend on Washington on April Fool's Day to demand a tax break for their defining facial feature.

The American Moustache Institute, which advocates "equality for people with facial hair," hopes its "million moustache march" will lead to a $250 tax break to cover the cost of moustache maintenance, its president Aaron Perlut said.

Depending on the turnout, H & R Block, a national tax-preparation service, will donate up to $10,000 to Millions from One, which provides long-term clean water in developing countries.

Speaking to AFP on Wednesday, Perlut denounced "a long-standing pattern of discrimination against people with moustaches," adding however that "there's no better vehicle to achieve our goals that to use humour."

Perlut also hopes to see Barack Obama sport a moustache. Out of the 43 other men who preceded him as president, only nine had moustaches or beards, the most recent being William Howard Taft in the early 1900s.

Those unable to join the April 1 march in Washington can participate virtually online, before putting their minds to meeting the April 15 deadline for filing US income tax returns.
AFP
 

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