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Man with 10,000 nonrefundable bottles heads to trial
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Posted on 07/26/2016 9:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Why? I’ve lived in states with and without bottle deposits. The states with bottle deposits have less, even little or no discarded bottles and cans along the roadways. Very nice improvement.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:25:52 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
To: BenLurkin
Irregardless its fraud no matter what you think of recycling.
To: Smittie
I live right across the border from Michigan, Junkies are always collecting bottles and cans and taking them to the grocery store right across the border and cashing them in for dope money.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:27:09 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: BenLurkin
Did I miss something? Would it have been too much trouble for the reporter to say what the rate is in Michigan? While the deposit rates are.listed for California, Maine and Vermont, I didn’t see the rate for Michigan.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:27:34 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: lacrew; Larry Lucido; cripplecreek; Red in Blue PA; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; KC_Lion; ...
Kramer?And accomplice...
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:28:12 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
To: aft_lizard
The recycling taxes should never have been enacted in the first place.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:28:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Bob
More than 15 cents, I guess.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:28:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Smittie
Re: Deposits on plastic bottles and cans. Here in Michigan we do have a ten cent deposit on plastic bottles and cans, but I must say that the law very definitely cleaned up the streets and highways of thoughtlessly and contemptuously thrown away bottles and cans. It is virtually the only law I've ever seen passed that actually did what it's sponsor's said it would. I go so far as to rinse every bottle and can I get because of the mess and possible insect infestation.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:29:46 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: BenLurkin
I’m thinking the same but that would seem to be a pertinent fact to include in the article.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:30:57 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: aft_lizard
Illegal yes, apparently but hardly fraud in the moral sense.
Malum prohibitum, and not malum per se.
In fact, it is a noble thing he was doing if t=saving the environment is the goal.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:32:27 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Reno89519
“...upends the recycling efforts of the state collecting and refunding deposits.”
And that is bad because . . .
To: gigster
My brother and I did the same thing.
Enough 3¢ bottles and we had a 12¢ comic book or package of Hostess cup cakes, Twinkies or Snowballs.
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:48:53 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: gigster
Yup!
The old glass Coke bottles, mostly. Two cents for the 12 or 10 ounce size, a nickel for the bigger ones.
Me and my brother used to wander the streets in upstate NY and find tons of them! Literally!
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posted on
07/26/2016 9:55:49 PM PDT
by
djf
("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
To: BenLurkin
Just tell them you’re a Clinton or just say no hablo ingles...and they’ll let you off.
To: All
Only 10,000? PIKERS!! Years ago we would “smuggle” 40,000 cans from Iowa to Michigan...........cans were double stamped Iowa 5 cents, Michigan 10 cents.
We got busted! Fined us $25 and gave us our cans back!
After spending the night in the Benton Harbor slammer.
To: djf
Yeah, the hoop Coke bottles, ‘swirly’ RC cola, the green 7 Up bottle, Dr. Pepper with the clock face, Nehi orange and grape, Big Red, Mountain Dew with the mountain man on it—money just waiting to be picked up ...
But then we met nice girls, got jobs, started families and our wives made us stop.
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posted on
07/26/2016 10:20:26 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Reno89519
I wonder how many deposits are collected and never claimed.
To: tumblindice
Nehi grape.
Man, those were the days!
A hundred degrees outside, and sittin in the shade with a freezing cold Nehi grape...
We were dirt poor, but life was good!
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posted on
07/26/2016 10:47:42 PM PDT
by
djf
("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
To: gigster
Cleaned up Michigan very nicely. I was there to see it, also.
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posted on
07/27/2016 12:21:03 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: aft_lizard
You “steal” from the government (and schools) if you actually CLAIM your lottery ticket winnings as well. Think of the children, that ticket only cost a dollar. Fuggedaboutit.
If they want to prohibit out of state bottles, then require individual state labels from producers.
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posted on
07/27/2016 12:29:15 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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