I read in the Dallas Morning News a few days ago that the city council passed an ordinance to charge five cents per plastic bag provided to shoppers. The measure was taken instead of banning the bags. Naturally, the charge will stop people from littering. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Does this mean that when you shop at the grocery and it takes ten bags to hold your purchase, it will cost you half a buck? Yep. Who is going to keep count on how many bags you use and render an accurate report to the city? The city has stated they may hire 12 people to manage the bag program. I hope they don’t plan to have those twelve run about town counting how many bags each person gets.
Obviously, another government move to collect more taxes. Excuse me, fees. And, what impact will it have on litter?
We no longer shop in Dallas, but if I lived there, I would try real hard not shop there. Knowing me as I do, if I shopped at WallyWorld, I would just put everything back into the shopping cart - not into bags. Then, I would load the cart into my pickup and drive home.
They don’t charge for shopping carts.
PMO
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