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Seattle Nickel's proposes a $.20 a bag tax...

04-03-08
Boe Lindgren

Mayor Nickels proposed a$.20 tax on every plastic grocery bag used in Seattle. You can check out the story at http://www.kirotv.com/news/15774371/detail.html .

I think this is just another tax. I have heard that the city goes through 360,000,000 bags a year. That would be an extra $72,000,000 in revenue annually. Wow, what a sneaky tax. I can hear them in the backroom going, " Alright, we need more money. We are not sure for what yet, but more is better. We have maxed out the Sales Tax, Property tax, gas tax, license tab tax, liquor tax, etc.... What if we say that plastic bags are bad for the environment and do a study (like the monorail guys) to prove it. We know the outcome. Then we will tell the people that we need money for grocery bags to save the environment. This just might work!"

So here we are with another tax. I am not shopping anymore in Seattle. I already buy my gas outside of King county. Now no groceries in Seattle.

What about no tax on food? Isn't this tax very regressive (hurts those with the least amount of money most)? Is this really the biggest issue that Seattle currently faces?

Now if they raised the $72 million how should they spend the money? If they were business people and wanted to ‘parlay' thier winnings, they should invest in more traffic camera's. Those are huge revenue generators.

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