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By: Blurt Daily » Would You Like to Go Green or Do You Want a Plastic Bag?

Blurt Daily » Would You Like to Go Green or Do You Want a Plastic Bag? — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:00:17 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:19:22 +0000

During the latest recruiting round on campus, the swag of choice among the companies was the reusable grocery bag. I got one from Apple, Protiviti, and Grant Thorton. (Just what they wanted…people to mention their name.) I’m looking forward to the next round so I can score some more bags. Once we have ten of them, we could probably skip plastics at the grocery store.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:55:35 +0000

We all need to start figuring out carbon footprint, a reusable bag that actually lasted would be the best, aka, lowest carbon footprint.

By: dana

dana — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:19:28 +0000

wow. Great post. I noticed this sort of thing at Ikea a few months ago. First they charged you 5 cents for a plastic bag and now…they don’t even offer them. What tha?
You go to their store, buy a bunch of dishes and random stuff and if you forgot to bring a bag, you’re screwed? Weird. Makes me hate them. And yet, I continue to shop there.

By: Eric Brasher

Eric Brasher — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:24:25 +0000

I think its called “Misdirection” and Houdini would be proud. Rather than tackle tough, long-term issues, politicians want to be able to point to their “contribution” during the next election. That way, if someone asks what how they handled an issue they would rather avoid, they can say, “We weren’t able to solve everything, but look what we were able to accomplish… plastic bag prohibition.”

A month or so ago I received an email from my Texas Senators explaining why they voted for the 2nd bailout bill. The letter sought to employ similar techniques. To quote: “I was not willing to support the Administration’s initial proposal….While there are provisions in the [2nd] bill that I do not favor and would not have drafted….The bill passed by the Senate included an important package of tax policy provisions. One of these provisions is an extension of the state and local sales tax deduction, which is a matter of fairness for states like Texas. The average Texan will save $520 when they file their federal income tax forms next year. We also shielded low and middle-income taxpayers from higher taxes associated with the flawed alternative minimum tax (AMT) and included tax incentives to spur energy production and innovation including the wind energy production tax credit and the research and development tax credit.”

Hope that wasn’t too long, but basically, ignore the $700B elephant and come look at the Texas Bluebells!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:03:45 +0000

illegal? yes this will solve all of our environmental problems. (We reuse them to bag dirty diapers. I think that helps the environment more) Waste of time in my opinion.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:29:45 +0000

In all fairness, I’m sure they are also working on other things, but I don’t understand why they see this as a good use of government’s time and the taxpayer’s money.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0000

“Thus, the number of bags in the trash will remain the same, but my level of annoyance will increase.” Ha. So true. The fire situation and lack of fire departments is terrible in San Diego. That should get the attention of your government.