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San Francisco's Mayor To Impose Cigarette Butt Fee
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| May 19, 2009
| Julie Farby
Posted on 05/19/2009 1:47:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: vox_freedom
The city would make billions!
Unless he is going to be laying off all thoise who pick up the cig butts, this is just a money grab.
There should be a politician tax...every word they utter should be taxed at a rate of a buck a syllable.
[I really need my own planet...I am so disgusted with the a$$holes on this one,,,,]
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:01:36 PM PDT
by
Adder
(Proudly ignoring Zero's political stylings since 1-20-09!)
To: fish hawk
There’s another basis for taxing homosexuality, who wants to pick up used condoms? Especially in SF?
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:02:16 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I will admit that my pet peeve is watching someone on the freeway toss their butts out the window onto the road instead of dirtying up the ashtrays in their cars.
I especially hate the night visual of seeing the smoldering butt bounce on the asphalt.
-PJ
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:02:49 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Does Bawney Fwank know about this?
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
To: Adder
[I really need my own planet...I am so disgusted with the a$$holes on this one,,,,]
_______________________________________
‘Beam us up Scotty.’
And I don’t recommend the new Star Trek
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:04:35 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Reminds me of the old saw,,,,”I knew she was smokin’, so I pinched her butt!”
To: Bitsy
“This has nothing to do with littering and everything to do with greed.”
Totally agreed. Reminds me of lyrics from “Les Miserables”:
“Charge them for the lice
Extra for the mice
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
Here a little slice, there a little cut
Three percent for sleeping with the windows shut.”
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:08:30 PM PDT
by
RooRoobird20
(1/20/2013: "Change We Can Believe In")
To: Sudetenland
Huh huh, he said "butt." I don't care who you are, the word "butt" is funny!
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:10:27 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Diana in Wisconsin
This guy is dumber than you know what.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:10:43 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: cyclotic; PeteB570
HA....one time I was walking thru the neighborhood grocery store parking lot on my way to shop....a young chick thru her bottle cap out of the car window...right in front of me...so, I bent down...picked it up, and threw it right back in the car! And, said....”don’t litter my neighborhood” and just kept on walking.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:15:22 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
If they ever do this where I live, I’ll be emptying all my ashtrays on the city streets. Will probably throw out those McDonald’s cups too. Might as well get my money’s worth.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:17:34 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Or, "San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is encouraging smokers to buy cigarettes outside the city".
To: goodnesswins
picked it up, and threw it right back in the car! And, said....dont litter my neighborhood and just kept on walking. LOL, when I read that I was pretty sure you didn't live in San Antonio. I was right.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Proof that this is all about money is that even filterless cigarettes will no doubt, also be taxed...
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:21:13 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: mrsmel
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:22:14 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
So, can you save your butts and turn them in to a reclaimation center and get your money back, like you do soda bottles? Might even give the homeless a way to make some money on the side. . .
To: Political Junkie Too
the ashtrays in their cars.
You're showing your age here.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:23:41 PM PDT
by
VA40
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:25:27 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
“Fat, hairy, gay and stupid is no way to go through life, Son.” ;)
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:27:27 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Finally this is one tax I can agree with. If there is one city in the US that needs a ‘butt tax’, it’s San Francisco.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:35:37 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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