Comments on: Oakland Passes Anti-Individual Responsibility Tax http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: greenmeanie http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2355 greenmeanie Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:15:32 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html#comment-2355 <p>Fast food restaurants account for 20% of the litter generated. Who generates the other 80%?</p> <p>I think a better deterrent would be a 5% cell phone tax for users under 18. The 5% tax would be repealed only if litter volume went down 20% after it was in effect for one year. The extra revenue could hire additional litter patrols without being discrinatory against certain types of businesses. An additional benefit would be less cell phone chatter. </p> Fast food restaurants account for 20% of the litter generated. Who generates the other 80%?

I think a better deterrent would be a 5% cell phone tax for users under 18. The 5% tax would be repealed only if litter volume went down 20% after it was in effect for one year. The extra revenue could hire additional litter patrols without being discrinatory against certain types of businesses. An additional benefit would be less cell phone chatter.

]]> By: Amit http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2354 Amit Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:39:20 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html#comment-2354 <p>Why not I say. When are companies going to be resposible for the junk they produce. Sure people should not litter, but everyone should take responsibility. Its like saying if you sold drugs and people used them in the safety of their homes w/out anyone else getting harmed, then it is okay to not hold the drug dealer responsible. (Now legalizing drug use is a topic by itself)</p> <p>Fast food is junk, kills you slowly</p> Why not I say. When are companies going to be resposible for the junk they produce. Sure people should not litter, but everyone should take responsibility. Its like saying if you sold drugs and people used them in the safety of their homes w/out anyone else getting harmed, then it is okay to not hold the drug dealer responsible. (Now legalizing drug use is a topic by itself)

Fast food is junk, kills you slowly

]]> By: TC http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2353 TC Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:44:00 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html#comment-2353 <p>"What about actually, you know, enforcing litter laws."</p> <p><br /> We all know something like that can't happen, too restrictive on the people, might give them a complex, best to remain silent and just hold up somebody that actually works, oh and porvide jobs? </p> <p><br /> Besides if govt actually enforced laws we would have to lay off all those new hires! </p> “What about actually, you know, enforcing litter laws.”

We all know something like that can’t happen, too restrictive on the people, might give them a complex, best to remain silent and just hold up somebody that actually works, oh and porvide jobs?

Besides if govt actually enforced laws we would have to lay off all those new hires!

]]> By: James R Ament http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2352 James R Ament Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:37:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/oakland_passes_.html#comment-2352 <p>Unbelievable - no wait, it's California - up there across the bay from San Francisco. What? Are they in a competition for the most intrusive socialistic city in the USA?</p> Unbelievable – no wait, it’s California – up there across the bay from San Francisco. What? Are they in a competition for the most intrusive socialistic city in the USA?

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