OT: Bottled Water Tax?

Well, bottled water use *does* contribute shitloads of plastic to the trash processing system. Since the quality of the water usually isn't any better than what comes of the tap, we should find a way to change peoples' habits.

Got any suggestions?

Quote: "People enjoy jogging or driving with a bottle of water. There's a cost associated with this behavior. You have to pay for it," said Cardenas, one of Mayor Richard M. Daley's staunchest City Council supporters."

Jog?? Pas moi! ;-) But, on longer drives I keep a bottle of water in the car, too. But I refill one from the tap before setting out rather than buy a new one. Same with a bottle of water I keep on my desk at work; same bottle every day, refilled with tap water.

Quote: "Cardenas also said a bottled water tax would help the environment by dissuading people from buying the plastic bottles that end up in landfills."

Since one rarely *needs* to buy bottled water, & bottled water is usually the same quality/stuff that comes from the tap, I personally don't have a problem w/taxing it. Or else add it in with the existing bottle bills, w/ an up-front deposit.

Cathy

This is the kind of stuff you will see from a billary administration and this kind of stuff will be minor compared to things such as healthcare and their fight against climate change, er global warming. Look for attacks on firearms, soda pop, fat foods and fat people, of course smoking, and also alcohol. Enjoy your far left wing socialists who want to control every aspect of your personal life.

What ideas do YOU have for reducing the amount of plastic bottles we throw away?

Your doctor will tell you that you should drink more water. The plastic is recycleable.

They should tax the crap out of soda pop and get the machines out of schools, wouldn't you agree? With a billary administration it will happen. No more coke for ya AH.

In many areas of this country, we produce more plastic than the local authorities are able to have carted away, so it ends up NOT being recycled. Call your local solid waste authority and ask them about their experience in this regard. Here, we have trouble getting rid of plastics 3 through 5.

Reducing should always come before recycling. Everyone knows that.

Soda is already taxed. And, it doesn't matter what it costs. Kids will buy it if they want it, because so many parents are too stupid to educate their kids about good diets.

Unless you're already drinking 48 - 64 oz./day. But why does it have to be bottled water??

Cathy

The plastic

It doesn't. But that doesn't mean you have to drink tap water.

Ours is terrible. And known in the area to taste terrible, so it isn't just me. I have a sixty-gallon tank plumbed to a spigot on one of the kitchen sinks. I get 100% mountain spring water trucked to my home, and the tank is filled with what normally would be bottled water.

I just re-used a bicycle water bottle.

Convenience, inaccessability to fresh and clean tap water. Why not? If one wants to buy a bottle of bottled tap water why should the government tax the hell out of it and make it unavailable. This business of taxing something out of existence is another demmie trait, you will see more of it under a billary administration. Why they may even tax one of your favorite foods or drink making it so high priced you'll have to give it up. Wouldn't that be a hoot.

Knucklehead. You suggested taxing soda. How is this different from taxing water?

I've been told that unless you clean a recycled water bottle or some other water container that bacteria can build up inside. Cleaning with bleach solution would be the best, that is what I use on humming bird feeders. Just sloshing hot soapy water around inside don't do it unless you can get in and scrub it out.

I don't want either one taxed, but if you think a tax on bottled water is good then let's do soda pop too. Let's put a tax on some of your favorite toys AH, such as your boat, pickup truck, guns and the ammo you use. Let's tax them really, really heavy so as to make it more difficult for you to own and use them. We think you would be better off if you didn't own a Tundra, a boat and guns. It is for your own good and the children AH, keep that in mind.

Well, OK, I've finally met a tax I don't like.

"People enjoy jogging or driving with a bottle of water. There's a cost associated with this behavior. You have to pay for it," said Cardenas.

I'd like to see the Alderman try to explain just what the societal cost of jogging with a bottle of water is.

My objection here is that it's stupid to pick an item barely distinguishable from other items, with no particular incremental societal cost and single it out for a tax. It just makes it more awkward to do business and, with water, what's the point? It just gives taxation, in general a bad name. Or a worse name.

On the other hand, except in areas where the tap water tastes bad, this would really be a tax on stupidity - or, maybe, vanity. I don't think that's sufficient reason to enact this particular tax, though. Most states already have a stupidity tax. Ours is called "PowerBall."

Exactly. A bike bottle is easy to scrub thoroughly. Re-using bottle water bottles isn't a good idea past four or five times.

We will. Because we're all afraid of guns, skinny and eat nothing but natural foods with no added sugar and never deep fried, never touching tobacco or alcohol.

Well, all of us except for me. I eat junk food, drink beer and should lose

40 lbs. But I'm the rare exception. I had lunch at McDonald's. Oh, and I own a firearm.

Soda - along w/ beverages containing less than 'x' amt. of fruit juice - & most junk foods, along w/ ready-to-eat wrapped sandwiches, etc., already are taxed - at least in NY.

Already taxed.

No clue, having no experience w/either.

Cathy

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sales tax? What other tax?

What are the taxes? I'm not talking about sales tax.

In message news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.dca.giganews.com, dbu` sprach forth the following:

Or subsidize it to the point that food producers use unhealthy substitutes. And then subsidize the substitute because it can also be used to produce an inefficient fuel. Oh wait, they already do that.

Sales tax. NYS plus local for some items, which brings it to 9%.

If bottled water - or anything else - isn't taxed, but then is via its sales, then what kind of tax is it?

Cathy