indiana law would charge shoppers 10cents a bag

I think this is a great idea. However, a better one would be to do what WholeFoods does. Give a small monetary discount for people who use their own bags. I do hope this initiative, however, is very successful and Indiana is at the forefront of a nation-wide movement.

A tax for using plastic bags, give me a break. What is next, toilet paper and paper towels?

[Robin Garr]

BP(who realizes he is setting himself up)

Square root of 2.

That's not bad for an English major.

Ya think? I thought it was irrational.

Kudos.

Another singular Greek noun ending in S ... just like Gyros!

[Robin Garr]

A tax for using plastic bags, give me a break. What is next, toilet paper and paper towels?

It's not a tax if you have an easy cost-free option.

[Robin Garr]

I think this is a great idea. However, a better one would be to do what WholeFoods does. Give a small monetary discount for people who use their own bags.

In fairness, Kroger does this, too.

I think this is a great idea. However, a better one would be to do what WholeFoods does. Give a small monetary discount for people who use their own bags.

In fairness, Kroger does this, too.

Actually, Kroger stopped doing that as of the first of the year -- said the somewhat surly youth who checked us out last time.

A tax for using plastic bags, give me a break. What is next, toilet paper and paper towels?

It's not a tax if you have an easy cost-free option.

From reading the opinions of the others on this thread, using resuable bags isn't very easy and not free. Call it a tax or fee, it is just another way to squeeze money out of people by throwing the "green" card. There are way bigger fish than plastic bags in the environmental battle. Recycling and reusing (lunch sacks, dog clean-up, trash bags) makes more sense to me.

My kroger on Brownsboro hasn't stopped the credit for reusable bags. And to stop the forgetfullness I hang mine on the front door knob to create an irritating barrier for when I leave the house. Hey! It works! My only problem is I fold those plastic bags that I do get and put them in the bottom of my bathroom can for trash bags. My neighbor asked for bags to create a quick insulation while rebuilding his kitchen at the start of winter. Imagine his dismay in having to unfold countless kroger bags from flag formation! His brother in law was quite colorful about who would do something like that. But you can fit a ton of them in the bottom of your bath trash for easy replacement!

[Robin Garr]

Actually, Kroger stopped doing that as of the first of the year -- said the somewhat surly youth who checked us out last time.

Which Kroger, Laura? All of them, or one in particular? (Edited when I realized that I read "stopped" as "started.")

A tax for using plastic bags, give me a break. What is next, toilet paper and paper towels?

It's not a tax if you have an easy cost-free option.

Then it is a tax (plus, that isnt the definition of a tax).

Your own bag isnt cost-free.

Ya think? I thought it was irrational.

+e.

Your response was irrational, mine is transcendental.

[Robin Garr]

+e.

Your response was irrational, mine is transcendental.

Oh, go eat a piece of π.

Oh, go eat a piece of π.

Don't try that in Indiana, pal.

[Robin Garr]

Then it is a tax (plus, that isnt the definition of a tax).

Well, it's a service charge. I'm not sure "tax" is the right word. In any case, taxation with representation is the way government works. If enough Indiana taxpayers are sufficiently exercised by the law, they have the right of the ballot box to try to oust the legislators who thought it was a good idea. Personally, I think it's a fine idea. Using legislative initiatives, fees and even taxes to direct community behavior is an appropriate role for government, from the homeowners' mortage tax exemption (encourages home building) to tweaking interest rates (controls inflation) or increasing cigarette taxes (discourages consumption and, long-term, reduces medical costs through reduction of smoking-related cancers).

[Robin Garr]

Don't try that in Indiana, pal.

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