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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by car on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @06:26PM (#6518257)
If personal responsibility would work, we wouldn't need any laws. It's either stick or carrot, as in this case.
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by protomyth on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @09:09PM (#6518911)
I don't believe in punishing a merchant for the sins of his/her customers.
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by polymatter on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @06:21AM (#6520379)
do you also not believe in merchants collecting Sales Tax?
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by protomyth on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @10:39AM (#6521484)
That is a bit of an odd jump since the transaction takes place at the merchant where recycling doesn't.

The merchant is part of and in control of the transaction generating the sale tax, but has no say on where the product goes after the transaction. That part is all on the customer.

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