Surprise! Democrats Call for Plastic Bag Tax

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Surprise! Democrats Call for Plastic Bag Tax -- Bill would add $1 to a grocery bill for every five bags --

Democrats in Virginia are often fixated on the gas tax, but sometimes they do come up with other ideas. Like making it more expensive for you to take home groceries.

Del. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, and Del. Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon, have put forward a bill that would charge hard working Virginia families 20 cents every time they bring home a bag from the grocery store.

Why? It's not about money, according to Morrissey. No, he just doesn't like the fact that people use plastic bags and he think they should stop.

"The goal is not to raise revenue through this tax but really just to change peoples' habits," Morrissey said.

Never mind the fact that thousands of families recycle their plastic bags already. Or that some Virginia companies actively encourage recycling because used plastic bags are their raw materials. Or that some families actively reuse their bags around the house.

Democrats don't like plastic bags, therefore everyone should pay more for groceries. Does that make sense?

Virginia Democrats: Do it our way, or pay up.

[iceskater]

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.

[Venturer]

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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Most democrats are brain diseased.

[Gator113]

Expect to see much more dog crap on your walks.

[Brookhaven]

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.

[cuban leaf]

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.

[McGruff]

[insert facepalm here]

[The Working Man]

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.

[sickoflibs]

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?

[NEMDF]

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.

[tet68]

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.

[rhombus]

So grocery stores are supposed to keep track of this and mail the taxes into the government? Idiotic feel-good nonsense.

[Col Frank Slade]

The moral busy bodies are at it again.

[joe fonebone]

I use paper bags... just doing my part to keep a lumberjack employed....

[andy58-in-nh]

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.

Well said. Personally, I would approve of a tax on plastic bags if our representatives would agree to put them over their heads.

[Question Liberal Authority]

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.

[joe fonebone]

"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..

[DGHoodini]

Democrats playing to type: LYING THIEVES!

[SeaHawkFan]

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.