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San Francisco may charge for grocery bags
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| January 23, 2005
Posted on 01/23/2005 5:35:05 PM PST by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
I misread the post. I'm truly sorry. I though it said San Francisco might charge for grocery fags. I'm so embarrassed.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:37:11 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Dance with the Devil by the Pale Moonlight" - Islam compels you!)
To: John Jorsett
Well I live in MD and there is a Food Lion right down the street that already does this.
It is not a city/state policy or anything just this one particular stores own policy.
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To: John Jorsett
Officials believe that the city spends five-point-two cents per bag annually for street litter pickup and one-point-four cents per bag for extra recycling costs. I know! Instead of hiring someone to pick up the bag, let's hire three people at fifteen times the cost to determine how much it costs to pick up a bag!
Your tax dollars at work!
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:39:10 PM PST
by
andie74
(A Proud Resident of Fly-Over Country, a.k.a. Jesusland)
To: John Jorsett
I can't say I disagree with this. I've been a lot of places where they charge for grocery bags. As a result I have a lot of nice souvenir shopping bags from all over the world. It just became a habit of carrying them in the boot (trunk) of the car and quite honestly I found it very sensible. I now carry my shooting supplies in some of those bags when I go to the range. They're tough and serve many purposes.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:40:23 PM PST
by
Cornpone
(Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Hit'em in the Head)
To: John Jorsett
http://usa.aldi.com/ They have been charging for Grocery Bags for awhile. (AND they are a great place to buy Groceries)!
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:44:05 PM PST
by
zzen01
To: Cornpone
The author of the article obviously disguised the intent of the measure. San Francisco is a city, not a store, and it desires to tax--not charge money for--grocrery bags. This is just another liberal mecca finding some excuse to impose new taxes on its already overburdened working classes.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:46:35 PM PST
by
dufekin
(Saddam Hussein: both a TERRORIST and a COMMUNIST, deposed thank God and the American soldier!)
To: John Jorsett
I'd like to see a deposit for grocery carts. The stores don't care since they are mainly plastic now.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:47:40 PM PST
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: John Jorsett
How much does the city spend cleaning up newspapers?
Will the city start charging for them?
Better yet ... How much does the city spend cleaning up the poop the homeless deposit on the side walks ... maybe the city should have a tax on poop!
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:50:31 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(My tag line was about to be censored.)
To: John Jorsett
...Officials believe that the city spends five-point-two cents per bag annually for street litter pickup and one-point-four cents per bag for extra recycling costs...Very interesting and totally meaningless figures. The 5.2 cents; Is that per bag picked up, or averaged per bag issued in San Franscico, or for one bag total? Am I to believe that San Francisco has a separate "Bag Patrol" dedicated to only picking up plastic bags and therefore with measurable dedicated expenses? And as far as the 1.4 cents per bag for recycling, the answer is simple: Don't recycle.
Liberal government and partisan press at it again; Manufacture a fake crises as an excuse to raise taxes.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:50:34 PM PST
by
DakotaGator
(MSM or OM, it's all the same. They are the "Enemy Within".)
To: John Jorsett
put a bounty on 'em and let the homeless pick 'em up and cash 'em in
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:51:05 PM PST
by
digger48
To: steveo
I'd like to see a deposit for grocery carts. The stores don't care since they are mainly plastic now.
Aldi's grocery stores already do charge a deposit to use the carts. the carts are linked together buy a chain from a small box on the handle. put a quarter in the slot and it frees the chain. When you are done with the cart you out the chain back in the box and you get your quarter back.
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posted on
01/23/2005 5:57:34 PM PST
by
armyman
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To: John Jorsett
Stores already charge for bags. Only a politician would think they are free. As an example, those "free" plastic bags the store furnishes for fresh fruit and veggies cost as much per pound as those fruits and veggies.
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posted on
01/23/2005 6:01:33 PM PST
by
OldEagle
(Haven't been wrong since 1947, except about Hillary.)
To: steveo
I'd like to see a deposit for grocery carts. The stores don't care since they are mainly plastic now. I know of one supermarket that does -- Shop-Rite on Route 46, either in Dover or Rockaway, NJ, open 24-hours a day, 25 cents for the use of a cart, which is refundable upon return. I don't know of any other supermarket that does the same nor why they charge.
To: OldEagle
I don't know about any state except for Virginia, since that's where I lived when I was in high school and working as a supermarket cashier, but there it is illegal to charge for the weight of the bag (or any other container). You have to tell the computer how much of the weight is actually the container so that the customer does not get charged for it.
Although the cost of the bags are part of the operating costs of the store, and are thus figured into the store's prices.
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posted on
01/23/2005 6:06:18 PM PST
by
AQGeiger
(RKBA Royal Enumerator of the Leguminous Stockpile, Wielder of the Enchanted Endoscope of Justice.)
To: AQGeiger
You have to tell the computer how much of the weight is actually the container so that the customer does not get charged for it. How much would a product have to cost, per pound, before the weight of a bag would add a cent to the cost?
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posted on
01/23/2005 6:15:52 PM PST
by
supercat
(To call the Constitution a 'living document' is to call a moth-infested overcoat a 'living garment'.)
To: supercat
Honestly, I don't know, because the bag weighs so little. But the weight still needs to be "tared" off, because otherwise you are charging the customer for something that's not your product.
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posted on
01/23/2005 6:17:44 PM PST
by
AQGeiger
(RKBA Royal Enumerator of the Leguminous Stockpile, Wielder of the Enchanted Endoscope of Justice.)
To: John Jorsett
If I read this right then this is basically a city tax on grocery bags , not the store charging you for bags.
One way to resolve this is to bring your own bags. Just hand them to the bagger at check out and smile.
You could probably use some good cloth bags as well and never have one of those plastic bags break on you again. This could be a good thing. The city gets no money from you and you don`t break your jar of pickles all over your driveway ever again. : )
To: AQGeiger
You may very well be right. I just figured that someone like Wally bought those bags at a buck-a-bale and sold them for whatever the contents cost per pound.
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posted on
01/23/2005 6:21:17 PM PST
by
OldEagle
(Haven't been wrong since 1947, except about Hillary.)
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