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@Tina - You're not subsidizing me, you're subsidizing the retailer. Bags are among the many "costs of doing business, like transportation, distribution, and labor costs, that retailers "embed" in their prices. Do you really think grocery stores will drop their prices because this tax "de-couples the cost of bags" from the price of milk and bananas? Consider for a moment that what this tax is actually "subsidizing" here is the corporate bottom line by eliminating one of their expenses and - for good measure - paying them a penny out of every additional nickel they can now charge consumers for a bag. Please tell me why I should subsidize corporations like Walmart and Safeway.

by Anacostia Rower on Mar 3, 2012 10:55 am • link • report

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