Reply #135: Frankly its not an imposition [View All]

It is the point that it makes that is disturbing. That rather than
focus on a bazillion other areas of unfair taxation, the "libuls" have
dreamed up another tax that is a wet dream for conservatives everywhere.
It is anti-consumer and not progressive. Then people can drive away
from said market in an SUV getting 5MPG on tax subsidized gasoline.

It shows that "libruls" are penny wise and pound foolish, and that the
people of san francisco are so frustrated with teh bush administration
that they've gone off the edge to legislate silly things... that will,
unless mainstream democrats, eschew them publically, be used to hurt
democrats ultimately... as they are punative taxes on consumers, in
a country with a sputtering economy.

Had this tax discussion been about the "consumption tax" most people at
DU would have chimed up that it is regressive, and wrong headed, but
when you throw in a little environmental language about plastic bags,
then shallow "libruls" will vote for a regressive tax... showing that
the san francicso brand of liberalism is all fluff and no substance,
something that the democratic party should not waste any time with.

I did indeed compare this to the gay marriage thing, as it started in
san francisco. The issue all along was equal rights for gay people,
which can be achieved by civil unions, but san francisco went the
extra mile towards "marriage" and this hit national mainstream and
gave the conservatives enough ammunition to rally their troops on
homophobia reasons...

So this plastic bag thing, is another trumped up bullshit liberalism
issue to ultimately weaken those more serious about winning real
ground against the GOP, and not fluffing up "in your face" issues
that are divisive and ultimately weaken the very cause they claim
to be forwarding. I'm sure gays all across america are thankful
that we got screwed in the last poll, as civil unions become a lost
cause in states across the union because one city got too much
democratic attention for pushing it tooo far.

Its a matter of strategy in one sense, to be wise with the issues
we choose to make "hot" and of all things.. really. A regressive tax.