[Eric Blair 2084]

Big Brother, Nanny State, Grant Junkie, Bogus Study, Junk Science, Social Engineering, Egalitarian, Central Planning, Sheeple Control, Health Nazi, Socialism, Collectivism

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Constitution of the Left Wing Nanny State of Liberals:

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Preamble:

We the People Sheeple of the United States Nanny State, in Order to form a more perfect Union Socialist Utopia, establish Justice Socially engineer a country of non smoking, physically fit, teetotalers, insure domestic Tranquility Smoking bans in bars, limits on unhealthy food and social drinking, provide for the common defense Universal Healthcare, promote the general Welfare health of the population whether they like it or not, in order to save above mentioned Universal Healthcare entitlement program from bankruptcy, and secure the Blessings of Liberty Dependency to ourselves progressive liberals and our Posterity Hitler Youth who we brainwash through public school education, do ordain decree and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Nanny State of Liberals.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

If the mayor really wants to save his city, he should put one of those plastic bags over his head. It would be one step to save the city millions of dollars.

[Sacajaweau]

Likme...go back to paper bags...totally biodegradable...good for draining french fries, too.

[SMCC1]

I’m reading the comments after the article...The New Yorkers seem to love the idea.

[Chairman of the Bard]

"City officials estimate that the fee could generate $16 million a year". I believe that the operative word is "confiscate", Mr. Gump. No, Mr. Gump, "generate" would be a more appropriate word for the massive amounts of energy required to be "generated" to fuel your massive 20,000 sq. ft. McMansion, Chateau Hypocrisy down in Tennessee.

[razorback-bert]

So, if a homeless person picks up plastic bags and returns them to the Mayor, does he get the 6 cents?

[unixfox]

So many things to be concerned about and this yo-yo is worried about plastic bags?

Hey New York...WAKE THE EFF UP!!!

[xc1427]

Confuse everyone by bringing your own plastic bags from home.

[xcamel]

So, who is going to tell them that one of the largest sources of the eeeeeevil plastic bags is the local and regional Food Banks!

[Still Thinking]

In its struggle to make New York more green, the Bloomberg administration has tried discouraging people from using plastic bags.

You mean the same plastic bags the greenies forced us to use against our will in the first place?? Does this mean I can get paper bags now without asking? Does this mean future environMENTAL chicken-littling will be greeted with more skepticism? Didn't think so. :-(

[Diana in Wisconsin]

They’re doing this in a few towns around here, too.

I’ve been sewing tote bags from chicken feed sacks and dog food sacks to carry groceries, books, clothes, your lunch, etc. They make the sacks I recycle in this very strong, mesh-reinforced material these days. They are so funky-cool...and they’ll NEVER break down in the landfill (where all things eventually end up) when they finally show up there, versus those wimpy plastic bags that DO degrade and they want to ban, LOL!

Keep it up, Hippies! I’ll find a market for my totes and I’d love nothing more than to make a buck off of your ‘political correctness’ and LUV, LUV, LUV for Mother Earth.

*SMIRK*

[calex59]

If you all recall, those of you old enough, these are the same a**hats that practically forced us to use plastic over paper back in the day. You were a tree killer, a person so bad that only a mass murderer came even close to being as vile as a paper bag user. Really, it was terrible the way they went on and on with usual liberal stupidity. Now, within the last several years, the same a**hats that shoved plastic down our throats are now saying we are again worse than mass murderers for not carrying our own cloth bag instead of using plastic. In the future I am sure they will figure out how to tax any bag you bring from home as well as one you might get from the store.

The people of the US get dumber, on the average, every frickin' year.

[Gabz]

Still, the mayor believes that the 6-cent fee would have a major impact on consumers’ behavior.

Of course it will --- people will start buying bags - much like the ones I have been making and selling.

[murphE]

Weren’t there some people here that wanted this joker to be Vice President?

[TrueKnightGalahad]

Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster (or whatever pagan god(z) you may worship) for this bit of sanity from Bloomberg...we all know that fertilizing land, growing cotton, transporting it to factories, processing it into canvas cloth, and then transporting it once again to the bag manufacturers (piecework labor, anyone?), has absolutely zero environmental impact!

As Ripley would say, "Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?"

[elkfersupper]

Mayor Bloomberg is a waste of oxygen.

Trouble is, no matter how much you tax him for breathing, he will be able to pay it.

Now let me get this straight. Food is on an upward price spiral. The cost of the plastic bags is already included in the food. The cost of administering the plastic bag tax will be added to the cost of the food. New Yorkers will probably be taxed again for sending the bag to the landfill.

Why people put up with this crap, I will never know.

[Brett66]

Being Green=license to tax and control your behavior.