Ravenwood - 11/22/04 06:45 AM
Just when you think you've heard everything, San Francisco is considering charging for grocery bags. (Of course, this is a regressive tax that would impact the poor the most.)
City officials are considering charging grocery stores 17 cents for each grocery bag to discourage the use of plastic bags.Just what we need; city officials who want to change people's behavior. How about we pass a law that says that any lawmaker supporting a tax increase be subjected to public tarring and feathering. We could march them out to the city square, strip them down, and liberally apply hot tar and feathers. I mean, we need to help change lawmaker's patterns, and that even means their taxing patterns.More than 90 percent of consumers choose plastic bags, which are blamed for everything from clogging recycling machines to killing marine life and suffocating infants. But the fee would also apply to paper bags to help reduce overall waste.
Promoting a healthy environment "means we need to help change people's patterns, and that even means their shopping patterns," said incoming city official Ross Mirkarimi (Green Party), who will join the Board of Supervisors in January. "This is a sensible user fee."
I nominate you to officially kick off the urban legend that Congress wants to tax blogs.
Posted by: Brian J. at November 22, 2004 8:04 AMWell, they've taxed cigaretts into oblivion...they need something to make up the revenue.
Posted by: mmw at November 22, 2004 11:03 AMBut tarring and feathering the lawmakers would be so environmentally unfriendly! Let's handle in an environmentally friendly manner. Superglue their anus and all other orifices shut.
Posted by: markm at November 22, 2004 4:16 PMIf we glue their ass shut, how would they get their head out?
Posted by: Ravenwood at November 22, 2004 4:21 PMR, they aren't going to anyhow. Glue them up, wait until they assume ambient temperature, and then convert them to mulch.
Posted by: markm at November 23, 2004 12:38 PMGentlemen,
If you superglue their asses shut, would you not be denying them freedom of speech?
Posted by: Steve Scudder at November 25, 2004 8:30 AMJust now discovered you blog. Followed your recent link to this post. Only one problem with,
"...We could march them out to the city square, strip them down, and liberally apply hot tar and feathers..."
There's be too many folks fighting over who got to light them up.
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