Related: Massachusetts' New Nickel Tax
Because your public servants know how much you love paying taxes that are to be looted, Bay-Staters.
"Lawmakers seek bottle law compromise to include water drinks" by David Abel, Globe Staff | July 14, 2010
State lawmakers are hashing out a compromise that for the first time since the landmark bottle law took effect three decades ago could expand the nickel deposit to include bottled water, among the most common drinks sold and most prevalent sources of litter....
It's worth the toss in the face.
Advocates say it could provide a timely boost to lagging state revenues....
Pffft!
Opponents of the bottle law say expanding it amounts to a tax that raises the cost of beverages, promotes fraud by encouraging cross-border sales of bottles, and curbs efforts to expand other recycling programs. They say Massachusetts would be better off encouraging curbside recycling....
Related: Earth Day: Trash Pick-Up in Massachusetts
Not because of moi!
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Pissing in your face, public -- so they can maintain their pensions and perks.
"State panel OKs expansion of nickel deposit to bottled water" by David Abel, Globe Staff | July 15, 2010
For the first time since the landmark bottle law took effect three decades ago, a panel of state lawmakers yesterday approved a bill that would expand the nickel deposit required on sales of carbonated soda, beer, and malt beverages to include bottled water and sports drinks....
Proponents of expanding the bottle law, which passed in 1981, argue it is needed to respond to the dramatic rise in the number of plastic containers....
Yesterday it was because the state needed tax loot.
That didn't wash over the public very well, huh?
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Related: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Bottled Water Back in Boston
That's the answer -- unless another water main breaks.
