On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:40:52 -0800 (PST), -bwg >
wrote:

>On Dec 28, 10:48*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> When I was a kid there were drinking fountains everywhere. *Now
>> they're hard to find. *Stores and restaurants want you to buy water.
>> I could order from a fast food place and get a glass of water. *Now
>> they want to sell you a bottle. *At best they want to charge you for a
>> cup. *I see people on the bus, the train, in their cars, jogging,
>> shopping, and it seems everyone has a bottle of water!!! *
>>
>> Where do they think all the plastic is going? *
>>
>> Now the Chicago city idiots have seen a reason to tax these bottles.
>> $.05 a bottle. *Rather that implement a better recycling program they
>> just want to make the extra 10.5 million per year in revenue. *If they
>> made a deposit on them litter would be eliminated. *But that would
>> make too much sense. *
>>
>> How does your state or country deal with this? *Do you buy bottles of
>
>Chicago isn't a state or country. It's a city.

Thanks for the geography lesson.

Lou