For those unaware, Washington DC has begun taxing shoppers $.05 per bag for every paper or plastic bag they get from a store. It’s meant to reduce pollution and waste, but as with anything else in this city, I suspect it’s also lining someone’s pocket somewhere. I mean, you already saw how I feel about meter maids. They say that the money is going to fund the cleanup of the Anacostia River, but until I see otherwise, I’m assuming some of the proceeds are going to Adrian Fenty’s fedora fund, or Marion Barry’s legal defense team.
The goal of this is to get consumers to bring reusable bags with them, and Giant in Columbia Heights is taking advantage of this in a major way. Giant is giving customers reusable grocery bags with their purchase, until January 7. It’s brilliant because it got me to buy some stuff from there last night, plus, I’ll be walking around giving them free advertising next time I go shopping since they provided the reusable bags.
There are only 2 days left to get your reusable bags from Giant for the price of nothing, so I suggest you get yourself over there and buy some groceries. That is, unless you’re cool with donating at least $.05 to the “Buy Jim Graham Some New Tangerine Spectacles” foundation every time you shop.
I also wonder if this will lead to an increase in shoplifting. When you encourage everyone in the city to start bringing bags into stores, it’s only a matter of time before the more sticky-fingered residents of DC begin to take advantage of it. I wonder if the city took that into consideration at all. I guess only time will tell as far as that goes.
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The District of Columbia will tax just about any and everything. Soon we’ll have to pay for the air we breathe.
Lol… Are they serious? Maybe I’ll have to call everybody up and see if anybody needs me to do their shopping so I can yank some of those free bags and start my own little bag hustle…
*smh*
What’s going on in DC man…
“When you encourage everyone in the city to start bringing bags into stores, it’s only a matter of time before the more sticky-fingered residents of DC begin to take advantage of it.”
Excellent point.
Thanks for the mindf!ck, Fenty.
Glad I live in MD.
Democrats tax anything…damn
man what are ya’ll doing over there bright light?
Dayum. I had to buy one in 7-Eleven last night to carry a bag of ice…DC gov act like the city is broke or some sh*t…they say its to help clean up the Anacostia but I’m wit you Leon….
I feel bad for the bums that only have enough money for that one can of Colt 45 but not the bag.