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Surprise! Democrats Call for Plastic Bag Tax
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Posted on 01/18/2012 9:41:22 AM PST by Gopher Broke
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To: Gopher Broke; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; AdSimp; society-by-contract; NittanyLion; ...
Richmond ping.
Time to gear up and get busy.
The General Assembly is in session and they’re looking for ways to take more of your money.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:43:42 AM PST
by
iceskater
(I am a Carnivore Conservative - No peas for me. (h/t N.Theknow))
To: Gopher Broke
First they wanted to save the trees, so they went to plastic. Now they want to save the plastic, then they want to force the use of cotton bags. So we have to wash them and wste the water used to do that.
I wish they would just leave well enough alone.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:45:30 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: Gopher Broke
Most democrats are brain diseased.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:49:35 AM PST
by
YourAdHere
(If Michael Jackson had gone to jail he'd probably still be alive. Just saying.)
To: Gopher Broke
Expect to see much more dog crap on your walks.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:50:09 AM PST
by
Gator113
(~Just livin' life, my way~..... GO NEWT GO.....!)
To: Gopher Broke
I hop they plan on using the money to sterilize reusable bags between uses so people will quit getting sick from them.
Reusable bags are expensive, have to be washed between every usage (which means they use more natural resources over their lifetime than plastic), and transfer harmful bacteria to your food.
Plastic bags are cheap, recyclable, and are sanitary.
So, which one are the greenies behind? I swear, sometimes I think the greenies are making the wrong decisions are purpose. Nobody could be wrong this consistently due to pure stupidity.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:50:54 AM PST
by
Brookhaven
(Mitt Romney has been consistent since he changed his mind.)
To: Venturer
A conservative thinks it’s dangerous to ride a bike without a helmet, so he wears a helmet.
A liberal thinks it’s dangerous to ride a bike without a helmet, so he tries to pass a law requiring all bike riders to wear a helmet.
They think they are better than the rest of us. They think they are little gods.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:51:16 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Gopher Broke
[insert facepalm here]
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:52:15 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Go Nuclear Newt.)
To: Gopher Broke
I’m not really surprised at this. Personally I prefer the paper bags, they were so useful for many other things once you got them home. And the plastic ones get used for used Cat litter. So it all works out I guess.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:52:28 AM PST
by
The Working Man
(The mantra for BO's reign...."No Child Left a Dime")
To: Gopher Broke
Time to go back to paper bags in VA.
Plastic bags were not that great idea to begin with, Wasnt that a ‘save the trees’ idea?
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:52:35 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
To: Gopher Broke
Of course, they cannot expect poor people to pay this or to purchase their own, reusable bags, so there will be an exemption for those using food stamps to buy their groceries.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:52:43 AM PST
by
NEMDF
To: Venturer
cotton bags. So we have to wash them and wste the water used to do that.
No need for that, that water contains valuable and
nutricious grocery molecules, save it for soups and
stews, or bathe in it, researchers have found that
regularly bathing in grocery water promotes smooth
skin and removes blotchyness.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:52:57 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Gopher Broke
So grocery stores are supposed to keep track of this and mail the taxes into the government? Idiotic feel-good nonsense.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:53:23 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: cuban leaf
The moral busy bodies are at it again.
To: Gopher Broke
I use paper bags... just doing my part to keep a lumberjack employed....
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:54:03 AM PST
by
joe fonebone
(Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
To: cuban leaf
A conservative thinks its dangerous to ride a bike without a helmet, so he wears a helmet. A liberal thinks its dangerous to ride a bike without a helmet, so he tries to pass a law requiring all bike riders to wear a helmet.
Well said. Personally, I would approve of a tax on plastic bags if our representatives would agree to put them over their heads.
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:55:53 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: Gopher Broke
The original purpose of "saving paper" wasn't to save trees. It was to save landfill space. Trees are a crop that grow, are harvested, and made into useful products, just like soybeans or corn.
But, nobody cared to save landfill space that much, so the environmentalists sexed it up by making it sound like trees are some sort of endangered species. When plastic bags first came to market, they were hailed by environmentalists as a way to save trees. Now they're a symbol of evil consumerism.
Maybe I should start hoarding plastic shopping bags. Right now I can purchase 1000 of them for about $20. If this stupid tax goes into effect, that case will be worth $200.
To: sickoflibs
"Plastic bags were not that great idea to begin with, Wasnt that a save the trees idea?"
I remember when this started, and the cashiers would ask paper or plastic, and I would always say, " I want to help save the environment. Put mine in paper.".... and the clerks would get downright nasty, lecturing me on the rainforest and crap. I would just tell them "The trees for this paper are grown on tree farms, that get replanted after harvest. Paper will break down in a landfill, plastic will not".... guess I was a man ahead of my time..
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posted on
01/18/2012 9:58:12 AM PST
by
joe fonebone
(Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
To: Gopher Broke
Democrats playing to type: LYING THIEVES!
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posted on
01/18/2012 10:00:08 AM PST
by
DGHoodini
(Iran Azadi)
To: Gopher Broke
What bugs me are baggers who only pu a couple of items in a bag. They use twice a many as needed. They are much stronger than most people think.
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