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Upfront computer disposal fees may be on the way up
Sacramento Bee ^
| 5/28/7
| Jim Sanders
Posted on 05/28/2007 3:22:53 PM PDT by SmithL
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Any excuse for a new tax.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:22:56 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Couldn’t happen to a better state.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:24:29 PM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: SmithL
Now the target is the computer's innards -- its central processing unit, or "tower," that interprets instructions and handles data.Idiots.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:25:11 PM PDT
by
xjcsa
(In memoriam...Jerry Falwell, August 11, 1933 - May 15, 2007. Enter into your eternal inheritance.)
To: SmithL
Yep, has NOTHING to do with the environment...EVERYTHING to do about $$$$$$$$. What a scam, the new world snake oil sales.
To: SmithL
The Democrats haven't dreamed up all the environmmental possibilities to tax... yet. Mind you, this tax won't reduce "global warming." But they'll push for it just the same - simply because they can.
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:26:48 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
After I am done with the computer I paid the recycling fee on, the state will come pick it up and recycle it for me? Right? Or will they just forget the money they've already taken and charge another tax when I want to get rid of it?
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:28:44 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
To: SmithL
The difference between fees and taxes is not as clear cut as the difference between fleas and axes.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:30:41 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: xjcsa
its central processing unit, or "tower," Yep, can't wait to use that one at work tomorrow.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:31:33 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Give me 10 days and we'll be at war with those SOB's - I'll make it look like their fault!")
To: SmithL
personal computers, which are classified as hazardous waste....."It's illegal to throw them away, but you can't conveniently recycle them," Aren't the only "hazardous" materials in the CRT display and the batteries? I suppose the newer displays might have hazardous material too, but it seems ridiculous to call the entire computer HAZMAT....unless you want an excuse to increase the disposal tax.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:36:57 PM PDT
by
SteamShovel
(Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
To: xjcsa
LOL - It’s a good thing journalism is a profession because otherwise most journalists would only be entitled to the payscale of an incompetent rather than the higher salary afforded to professional incompetents.
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:37:45 PM PDT
by
ol painless
(ol' painless is out of the bag)
To: SmithL
In CA if you buy an IPOD or DVD player, even with a 2.5 inch screen, you will pay the “disposal” fee. At christmas, I paid $18 for a number of items on one receipt.
Then, when you actually dispose of a monitor, you usually pay again.
BTW, it is illegal to dispose of ANY electronic item or even AA batteries in either the regular trash or recycling bins in CA. You must locate a registered disposal center for all such items and, surprise, pay another fee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:58:32 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
To: SmithL
"Any excuse for a new tax."
That is the real reason.
To: Wiseghy
This on the heels of another fee, the immigrants according to my assmebly person Mary Salas, are being ripped off at the water machines. because many of them come from 3rd world countries and must drink bottled water..she says, they cannot read that most machines are hooked up to public water supplies, are not as safe as tap water..I dont remember what the $8.50 cent fee will be for. but the businesses who want a water machine will have to pay it in addition to any other fees they pay..The democrats always solve a problem with gouging the public..for more money..
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:04:14 PM PDT
by
JoanneSD
To: JoanneSD
Just another reason to build your own.
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:10:21 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: SmithL
I always make a habit of reducing mine to little bits of rubble through gunfire.
What about my 2nd-amendment rights?
To: xjcsa
Idiots. Yep. Pop the little ZIM out, and you've still got a whole tower.
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:24:45 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: SmithL
ealth dangers posed by toxic waste. Lead, mercury, cadmium and other heavy metals in many electronics products have been linked to cancer, kidney and other health problems.
If they are that deadly why don't we just drop our old monitors on the jihadis ?
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:26:38 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: SmithL
My County has Bi-Yearly (FREE) disposal days. they even have a separate line for Computer Monitors and such.
So can I waive MY fee ?
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:46:00 PM PDT
by
stompk
To: Wiseghy
So if you just toss a proscribed item in the normal garbage, does that make it an undocumented disposal and thus immune from all rules?
Actually, after you "safe" the vacuum tube on the monitor and remove the batteries, there aren't a lot of dangerous parts. The next generation of computers should include slide in components, so you don't have to throw away the shell just to upgrade the innards. The reason that doesn't happen now is probably the cost of labor.
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:51:21 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(You can't fix stupid. Stop trying.)
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