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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on May 05, 2010, 03:00:20 PM
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http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/12676
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By Russ Harding | May 5, 2010
There is no shortage of bad ideas coming out of Lansing. Senate Bill 1285 introduced by Sen. Bruce Patterson, R-Canton, would require customers to pay a deposit on each newspaper they purchase equal to one-half the retail price of the newspaper. The proposed law would operate much like Michigan's bottle deposit law. Newspapers would be required to be returned to a redemption center, with each publisher in the state required to operate at least one such center.
What possible benefit to the public could there be in requiring a newspaper deposit? There is certainly no environmental benefit since many Michigan communities offer curbside recycling that includes newspapers. In most cases where curbside recycling is not offered, there are recycling centers located within a reasonable distance. People throwing newspapers out the windows of their vehicles as they travel highways in the state seem to be rare occurrences.
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Another RINO that needs to bite the dust.
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I dunno, the media is always calling for higher taxes, what better way to make them change their tune than for that tax to be on them? lol.