I used to feel like a ridiculous hippie for carrying my own bags to the
store, but in the year-ish I have been doing so it's become really
common, so common that now I feel shamed when I don’t bring them.
Some
stores around here even give you a little discount -- 5 cents or so --
based on the number of bags you bring. Makes sense to me – not only
does it keep bags out of landfills but it saves the store a little
money.
Which is why I think Seattle's proposed "bag tax"
is a horrible, horrible idea. It would tax stores at the rate of 20
cents PER BAG for each plastic bag used. Which doesn’t sound too
terrible, until you consider the impact this would have on low income
consuers already squeezed badly by higher food costs and fuel costs.
When you have to plan your food costs very carefully
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