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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2003-11-18

"This is adding a tax for the sake of a tax. It proves what I've been saying all along, that the Democrats want to tax the poop out of us." -- California state senator Tom McClintock, about a tax on disposable diapers

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posted by [identity profile] aliza250.livejournal.com at 06:24am on 2003-11-18
A scary percentage of landfills is taken up by disposable diapers...

But it is a great quote.
 
posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 06:34am on 2003-11-18
Seems to make sense in a place where there isn't enough water for all the nappies that'd have to be washed if people didn't go for disposables.

I'm not sure a specific tax is best, though. I'll pay to have the squiggly pink thing at the next table and the older person a couple seats ahead of me dry and comfy. The options are ugly. Diapers are expensive as it is. Just set up the recycling program. It should be there already. Just one thing-- How much water does it take to recycle a diaper? Then there's the concept of a house built on a landfill of disposable diapers. TLI.

An amusing question, though...

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