Comments on: My Thoughts on the DC Bag Tax http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2010/01/26/my-thoughts-on-the-dc-bag-tax/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:06:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Shawanda http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2010/01/26/my-thoughts-on-the-dc-bag-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-237516 Shawanda Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:15:22 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=1637#comment-237516 I wasn't even aware of a bag tax. I guess that's not too surprising since I don't do any shopping in DC. The last time I ate at a DC restaurant, sales tax was 10%. Just ridiculous. DC is too expensive. Anyway, I try to remember my reusable grocery bags. I think most grocers will give you like a $0.05 discount for each reusable bag you bring. The $0.05 isn't what motivates me. I simply can't get the plastic bag monster I saw at the Green Festival out of my head. It's been my experience that baggers really love using lots of bags. Even if I bring my reusable ones, they feel compelled to throw in a few plastic bags. I have to stop them. I don't do it for the $0.05, buddy! I wasn’t even aware of a bag tax. I guess that’s not too surprising since I don’t do any shopping in DC. The last time I ate at a DC restaurant, sales tax was 10%. Just ridiculous. DC is too expensive.

Anyway, I try to remember my reusable grocery bags. I think most grocers will give you like a $0.05 discount for each reusable bag you bring. The $0.05 isn’t what motivates me. I simply can’t get the plastic bag monster I saw at the Green Festival out of my head.

It’s been my experience that baggers really love using lots of bags. Even if I bring my reusable ones, they feel compelled to throw in a few plastic bags. I have to stop them. I don’t do it for the $0.05, buddy!

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2010/01/26/my-thoughts-on-the-dc-bag-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-237514 mapgirl Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:47:49 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=1637#comment-237514 Not sure what you mean by vegetable bags. If you mean those super thin ones in the produce section, no. They're too thin. But those are not the bags for which they charge the tax. Those are exempt. During the summer, I buy a lot of vegetables from the farmers' market so I don't end up with a lot of vegetable bags. Even so, I try to just have the vegetables loose in the supermarket cart unless they are small, messy or really fragile. (Think Thai peppers, corn or kiwis.) Lemons, bell peppers, and onions don't need bags. Not sure what you mean by vegetable bags. If you mean those super thin ones in the produce section, no. They’re too thin. But those are not the bags for which they charge the tax. Those are exempt. During the summer, I buy a lot of vegetables from the farmers’ market so I don’t end up with a lot of vegetable bags. Even so, I try to just have the vegetables loose in the supermarket cart unless they are small, messy or really fragile. (Think Thai peppers, corn or kiwis.) Lemons, bell peppers, and onions don’t need bags.

]]> By: Revanche http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2010/01/26/my-thoughts-on-the-dc-bag-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-237510 Revanche Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:29:23 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=1637#comment-237510 Do you (can you) use the vegetable bags as well as the shopping bags? I always have way more of those bags than I do the regular bags since I've been using my totes. Do you (can you) use the vegetable bags as well as the shopping bags? I always have way more of those bags than I do the regular bags since I’ve been using my totes.

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