BobBaltMD,

Hi Bob,  hmmm!  Maybe the USCCB could also pass levies on herbs like mint and rue [used for medicinal purposes], as the Pharasees did in Jesus' time.  Attending daily Mass as I do, this was in the Gospel readings for earlier this week.  Jesus wasn't too impressed with that 'tax' and he accused the Pharasees and the high priests of 'neglecting the weightier matters of the Law' for this.  I'm sure Jesus would have been just as excited about the fact that the USCCB approved the new translation for the Rite of Exorcism two years ago, too.  ;-)
 

Sadly, too many of our arch/bishops also neglect the 'weightier matters of the Law of Love' for earth-shattering rituals.