03-02-2013, 08:21 AM
A TAX is a fee that goes to the governmental agency... this fee does not, so IT IS A FEE AND THE COST IS NOT MANDATED, just that they can not give the bags away "for free" (something no retailer ever did...)
Hate to break an illusion, but you have ALWAYS paid for these bags, but the retailers covered the cost so that you never saw it as a cost of buying the bags...
Many retailers are now internalizing the fee as a part of their gross receipts, so you are now given the OPTION of purchasing the bags (something you were not in the previous way of doing business...)
You were always charged, but never saw the charge & some believed that they were "free"... so those that do not like the "new" way must actually like paying for things, wether they use them or not & like retailers to placate them into thinking they are getting something for free.....
I like the new way... paying for what I use & not paying if I decide not to use the bags... & I do like the fact that this is not a tax that goes to a "black hole government".
I like that the amount of the fee is up to the retailers...only that they are to charge for this product/service they offer....
Hate to break an illusion, but you have ALWAYS paid for these bags, but the retailers covered the cost so that you never saw it as a cost of buying the bags...
Many retailers are now internalizing the fee as a part of their gross receipts, so you are now given the OPTION of purchasing the bags (something you were not in the previous way of doing business...)
You were always charged, but never saw the charge & some believed that they were "free"... so those that do not like the "new" way must actually like paying for things, wether they use them or not & like retailers to placate them into thinking they are getting something for free.....
I like the new way... paying for what I use & not paying if I decide not to use the bags... & I do like the fact that this is not a tax that goes to a "black hole government".
I like that the amount of the fee is up to the retailers...only that they are to charge for this product/service they offer....