Democrats weigh first nationwide fee on
plastic in U.S. budget negotiations
Reuters,
by
Valerie Volcovici
&
Jarrett Renshaw
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
9/29/2021 8:55:23 PM
WASHINGTON - U.S. congressional Democrats are considering including the first federal fee to tackle plastic pollution in the multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill, a proposal that is drawing opposition from the plastics and petrochemical industry. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Tom Suozzi are in talks with other Democrats to include their REDUCE Act as a source of revenue in the reconciliation bill. It would impose a 20-cent-per-pound fee on virgin - or new - plastic for single-use products such as plastic bags and beverage containers. The proposal is among a slew of money raisers being considered by the White House and Democrats to pay for
How about we reduce federal government to what the Founders intended, and nothing more?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 9/29/2021 9:00:10 PM (No. 930563)
So what do they propose we go back to? Paper - that trees. Wood, that's trees. Pottery, breaks easily. Our way of life is filled with plastic. And so called single use garbage bags are used in dozens of ways by most of us. This is just the beginning of taxing us to death.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
qr4j 9/29/2021 9:07:24 PM (No. 930571)
I propose a stupid people’s tax: Tax every last Democrat to pay for their stupid crap. Inflation is on the rise. The economy is in the crapper. Energy costs are soaring. And those numb nuts want to tax us more.
And the horse they rode in on!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
NeverForget 9/29/2021 9:14:47 PM (No. 930576)
Why do they need to "pay for" anything if $3.5 Trillion equals zero.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/29/2021 9:16:01 PM (No. 930579)
Are the Republican officials going to let us know the huge amounts of pork spending in the bill? Quit hiding underneath your desks.
Sheesh, give me a pencil and pad paper. Give me a few days with some assistance and I'll let the world know the charades the Dems are trying to pull to make our paychecks become smaller. Oh wait, Mitch "MultiUseless" McConnell is probably writing a stern letter, the Paper Tiger that he is.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hershey 9/29/2021 9:20:46 PM (No. 930581)
Damned democraps never met a tax they didn't love...
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Penney 9/29/2021 9:27:50 PM (No. 930586)
The political crazies seem to be in a frenzie to, 'throw everything at the wall to see what sticks!!!'' This debacle of a dem Congressional Bill is packed with so much socialist trash it is best to dump the whole thing before it drags the country down! Talk about dem pols trying to take ruthless advantage of American citizens!!!
dem pols have no shame, no integrity
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/29/2021 9:37:44 PM (No. 930591)
Just the tip of the iceberg. Wait for even more ridiculous taxes so the bill doesn't cost anything.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
vhs68 9/29/2021 10:04:59 PM (No. 930604)
It seems to me that using paper made from Trees should be considered a renewal source.
Just saying................
You know....plant a seed, grow a tree.....
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/29/2021 10:37:50 PM (No. 930626)
We have gone down the road to hell and are now there. The government no longer raises money to perform its constitutional duties. Fees and fines are used for punishment and an agenda nowhere provided for in constitutional government.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 9/30/2021 2:39:05 AM (No. 930707)
They hate the USA. They hate us all. They WANT to wreck the economy, and make everyone's life more difficult and inconvenient.
They want your light bulbs to not work well, and cost 10 times as much.
They want your toilets to not flush well, and cost more.
They want your faucets and shower heads to dribble water because California is a desert....even if where you live is not.
They want anything convenient to be inconvenient.
They hate the middle class having a nice life.
They want everything that is inexpensive to be expensive.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
web 9/30/2021 3:52:36 AM (No. 930733)
The first lie is that plastic bags are "single-use." Plastic bags such as we get from the grocery store have a hundred uses. We save all of ours and find multiple uses for them around the house. Just another scam to raise taxes on us in the name of "saving the environment."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/30/2021 6:44:39 AM (No. 930795)
If you think your health care is expensive now, just wait, if this passes. Anyone who has spent time in a hospital lately, either as a patient of a visitor has seen that almost everything is plastic, one-time use and disposable. Same goes for your doctor’s office.
And all of this panic because a 9 year old kid came up with a fraudulent science project about plastic straws.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 9/30/2021 7:00:18 AM (No. 930805)
Wonder if the plastics people will pass this tax onto the consumer? Naw, never happen. That would be unconscionable.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
DW626 9/30/2021 7:13:18 AM (No. 930820)
The more this monstrosity of a bill lingers on, the more excrement in it is exposed.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 9/30/2021 7:38:30 AM (No. 930841)
The national debt could be paid off if we taxed corruption in Washington DC.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/30/2021 8:50:28 AM (No. 930904)
How stupid, why would they put a fee on their own brains?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
petrichor 9/30/2021 8:51:57 AM (No. 930907)
Well this revenue source will disappear along with all plastic when we no longer refine oil.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/30/2021 10:42:44 AM (No. 931035)
I'm all for this let's start with Nancy Pelosi's ugly plastic face that could do away with plenty of the product.
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