If you have been listening to the news in New Jersey, then you know about lead contamination of drinking water has been on the minds of our state legislators. Well two of them has come up with an idea to fund the replacement of these pipes.
What our wonderful (not!) legislators have come up with is a bill that would hurt everyone and not really help anyone. The bill, AR2281, is sponsored by two Assemblywomen, Valarie Vainieri Huttle (District 37 (Bergen)) and L. Grace Spencer (District 29 (Essex)) who don’t seem to have a clue that this would just be one more unneeded tax.
Here is the justification contained within the wording of the bill-
“The Legislature finds and declares that litter composed of discarded beverage bottles and cans is a growing problem of public concern and a direct threat to the health and safety of the citizens of this State; that discarded beverage bottles and cans create a hazard to vehicular traffic, a source of physical injury to pedestrians, farm animals and machinery, and an unsightly accumulation of litter which must be disposed of at increasing public expense; that beverage bottles and cans also create an unnecessary addition to the State’s already costly and overburdened solid waste management system; that the indiscriminate disposal of such bottles and cans creates an impediment to the efficient operation of New Jersey’s resource recovery incineration facilities; that the uninhibited discard of beverage containers constitutes a waste of both mineral and energy resources; and that requiring a deposit on all beverage bottles and cans, along with certain other facilitating measures, will provide a necessary incentive for the economically efficient and environmentally benign collection and recycling of such containers.
The Legislature therefore determines that it serves the public interest to provide that all beverage bottles and cans sold or offered for sale in this State have a refund value, and to provide for the convenient return and payment of the refund value of empty beverage containers.”
All I have to say is this- Why do we need a bottle deposit bill when we have mandatory recycling? Plus this would take money away from the cities, town and municipalities running recycling programs who make money that they use to fund themselves. And furthermore what are they talking about all the dangerous trash, where is this trash? They are making a mountain out of a molehill and trying to drain more money out of our pockets.
Below is a little song based on the tune called “New York New York” I hope you enjoy it.
New Jersey New Jersey
New Jersey, New Jersey a helluva of a state.
The taxes are high and your money is down.
The people don’t ride in a hole in the ground.
Instead they drive on pot hole ridden roads.
Somewhere over the New Jersey Turnpike is a way out.
But don’t just shout with your voice to the max, if you are a millionaire then you will be taxed.
New Jersey, New Jersey a helluva of a state.
I love it here, but I can’t make it my dear.
Some are staying, most are leaving.
Our legislators are in the high tax mode, we peons are using a low cost commode.
What a dirty place it is by exit 13, but most of New Jersey is just in between.
New Jersey, New Jersey a helluva of a state.
I just can make it here and stay up to date!
Will the last person to leave the state, put up the sign that says “Taxes too high and we don’t have anymore money. So we left the Garden State to find a way of living where we can still be up to date.”
New Jersey, New Jersey to hell with this state!
That is my opinion- Jumpin Jersey Mike
