Posted on 01/21/2012 5:30:51 AM PST by Morgana
A proposal in Virginia to charge shoppers a 20-cent per bag fee on all plastic bags used by grocery shoppers to carry purchased goods has sparked intense debate, WTOP reported. The fee would not apply to durable, reusable bags, or bags used for ice cream, meat, fish or poultry.
Sponsors of the measure say it is not meant to raise money, but to cut down on litter and pollution. They expect it will likely be cut down to 5 cents once a review begins in committee, according to WTOP.
What is happening to America?
Democrats, moohers, and liberals.
No it's not, it's a "bag fee"....they said so. :)
So this means Bela Pelosi will be charged 20 cents everytime she goes to Virginia. I’m for it. :)
They already do this in Montgomery County where I work. I now go out of my way to shop at places that do not have this stupid law outside of the county. This is tyranny.
To be consistent, they should also place a $0.20 tax on each plastic bag used by newspapers to protect papers against rain.
I think Aldi does it right. The bags are heavy duty and very reusable.
OKAY HT it is a
stooooopid bag tax :P
How about a $.05 deposit on returnable plastic water bottles instead? It works for returnable bottles and cans and people actually make a living picking them up........
Always laughed as I saw poly lined diapers and plastic bags take hold.
It won’t be long before they are taxing us for using garbage bags.
I can picture this now,.... The bagger bags up your food putting 2 items in 1 bag and 3 in another and so on, the cashier is done ringing up the items but can not give you a total so you can pay while the bagger finishes, then all the bags are in your cart and the bagger says “that’s 14 bags” the cashier adds 14 x .20 cents to the bill and then the customer say, “No that is to many bags re-bag it, plus 3 bags are with ice cream and meat so you are over charging”, then a total amount is arrived at (after the bagger re-bags)and then you pay your bill, mean while the line is getting longer for people to check out and the customers are getting frustrated,...Hey looks like Virginia has come up with a real good tax...NOT. by the way, I am a Virginian and I will demand the wasteful bagger not use so many bags so please if you are behind me in line I suggest you move to another one :)
Was in a WalMart in Hawaii, had to buy cloth bags to take purchases back to the ship! They had NO disposable bags. This us something we should we should PROTEST LOUDLY if we see it coming. This us taking the global warming hoax to a new level. It must be STOPPED!
I would rather support a law that punishes litterers with death or dismemberment. I believe that would immediately cut down on liter bugs.
First conservatives have not figured out how to say, "you want to tax everyone because 1% can't put a plastic bag in the recycle bin. How is that fariness??"
Second, the reason to be FOR a recycled plastic bag is that it is made into FLEECE fabric and that keeps us warm, under fleece blankets or wearing fleece sweaters on a cool day. What is wrong with a plastic bag that becomes clothing? - now tell the 99% to recycle the bag.
We let the LEFT shape every darn story as their version of good of the planet.
I started saving plastic bags years ago when they first started talking about this. They’re easy to save, and don’t take up much room—I smooth and fold the bags as I bring them into the house, and then I can get a whole bunch of bags into one bag.
The pennies they will charge for each bag doesn’t bother me so much as it’s just another way for the gummit to pick our pockets, and I try to avoid letting them do that as much as possible.
Now it has spread to VA.
Shopping? What a bourgeois idea. It is for the unwashed, the peasants out there. Oh, me? He he, well if I spend my next Fannie Mae bonus at Saks Jandal that is ok. That's different.
This monster of a DC "metropolitan" area is eating everyone's lunch. Even NY is better. At least they have ideas in NY and the paraciticsm of NY City in large measure is enabled by the denizens of DC who don't mind the bailouts just so long as they get their 10% cut for processing fees. "Carrying charges, my boy" if one remembers Sydney Greenstreet's famous line.
I would like a Ten dollar deduction from the Paycheck of every Elected Official for every word Uttered out of their pathetic mouths
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