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Chicago started charging 7 cent a bag and that certainly made me think twice about my bag use.

desireco42 9y ago
Suddenly this 7 cents are the biggest expense and everyone remembers to bring their bag, which is awesome because effects are great.
- monksy 9y ago
  I really don't want to give the city more money. They've already upped income tax, property tax (property values have been going up as well), and they played with the sales tax.
  - oh_sigh 9y ago
    Plastic bags have some externalities relating to how people discard them. Why can't the city tax to help recoup costs?
    - monksy 9y ago
      I see you haven't experienced the latest increases in taxes in Chicago. Soda was one of them, but that was repealed.
  - juliushuijnk 9y ago
    So you're ok with it, if the money just goes to the shop, but they are obligated to ask that minimum price?
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
    - monksy 9y ago
      Given the context of what's been happening in Chicago, and a bit of the mismanagement of how they prioritize things: It's been frustrating to be hit with a lot more taxes.
  - monk_e_boy 9y ago
    How do you stop people using plastic once then throwing it away? Ask them. TAX them. Make it illegal. $100 deposit. Don't worry about it.
noer 9y ago
I can't believe they didn't do this first instead of doing that ridiculous "No disposable plastic bag" rule. The grocery store by my house (marianos) just gave everyone paper, but it seems like most other places just switched to thicker plastic bags, called them "reusable" and gave out just as many as before.
- monksy 9y ago
  Hey I liked the whole thick walled bag.
kodablah 9y ago
Imagine if they threw you in jail for it. I bet you'd think even harder and we'd definitely get rid of plastic bags.
- monk_e_boy 9y ago
  Same idea for guns. Buy back guns for $10,000 each. Soon have guns under control and off the streets. People would be breaking into each others houses to sell them.
  - oh_sigh 9y ago
    That would cost $3T if everyone turned their guns in.
    - 794CD01 9y ago
      And would be a better use of the money than most other things the government does already.
      - megy 9y ago
        Like schools, roads, medicare, research, etc??? OK.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Soon have guns under control Or, more likely, they would make more guns to compensate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
    - sundvor 9y ago
      The implicit step one being that sale of guns / assault rifles were banned, as it should be.
      - icebraining 9y ago

Suddenly this 7 cents are the biggest expense and everyone remembers to bring their bag, which is awesome because effects are great.

monksy 9y ago
I really don't want to give the city more money. They've already upped income tax, property tax (property values have been going up as well), and they played with the sales tax.
- oh_sigh 9y ago
  Plastic bags have some externalities relating to how people discard them. Why can't the city tax to help recoup costs?
  - monksy 9y ago
    I see you haven't experienced the latest increases in taxes in Chicago. Soda was one of them, but that was repealed.
- juliushuijnk 9y ago
  So you're ok with it, if the money just goes to the shop, but they are obligated to ask that minimum price?
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
  - monksy 9y ago
    Given the context of what's been happening in Chicago, and a bit of the mismanagement of how they prioritize things: It's been frustrating to be hit with a lot more taxes.
- monk_e_boy 9y ago
  How do you stop people using plastic once then throwing it away? Ask them. TAX them. Make it illegal. $100 deposit. Don't worry about it.

noer 9y ago

I can't believe they didn't do this first instead of doing that ridiculous "No disposable plastic bag" rule. The grocery store by my house (marianos) just gave everyone paper, but it seems like most other places just switched to thicker plastic bags, called them "reusable" and gave out just as many as before.

monksy 9y ago
Hey I liked the whole thick walled bag.

kodablah 9y ago

Imagine if they threw you in jail for it. I bet you'd think even harder and we'd definitely get rid of plastic bags.

monk_e_boy 9y ago
Same idea for guns. Buy back guns for $10,000 each. Soon have guns under control and off the streets. People would be breaking into each others houses to sell them.
- oh_sigh 9y ago
  That would cost $3T if everyone turned their guns in.
  - 794CD01 9y ago
    And would be a better use of the money than most other things the government does already.
    - megy 9y ago
      Like schools, roads, medicare, research, etc??? OK.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Soon have guns under control Or, more likely, they would make more guns to compensate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
  - sundvor 9y ago
    The implicit step one being that sale of guns / assault rifles were banned, as it should be.
    - icebraining 9y ago