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are the government lazy (+greedy) w**kers?

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  • #32
    token101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    Cork is gum free is it? Oh that must have been blue tac my half blind/dozy dog was eating so :rolleyes:


  • #33
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    I'm surprised there hasn't been anything on the airwaves about it.


  • #34
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Don't Cork people burn their rubbish outside or some such mad ****e on a certain day of the year in summer?


  • #35
    Il Trap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Il Trap


    Am I alone in thinking that this is actually a pretty good idea? Its a tax that will raise a decent amount of revenue and its not going to cause much additional hardship to any specific section of society.

    I loathe to admit it but...good job on this one government! :confused:


  • #36
    previous user
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Augmerson wrote: »
    I noticed there was just as much gum on the ground in Cork as there was in Dublin.

    Because I'm like that. I'll get the train down for the day and just wander about with a magnifying glass, notepad and pen and inspect the streets for gum.

    Well I'm from Dublin and I noticed last summer the streets had less chewing gum than Dublin where a certain number of people have no pride and dump their gum on the pavement, maybe in certain blackspots but on the main street in Cork I didn't notice anything. thats what I saw.


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Il Trap wrote: »
    Am I alone in thinking that this is actually a pretty good idea? Its a tax that will raise a decent amount of revenue and its not going to cause much additional hardship to any specific section of society.

    I loathe to admit it but...good job on this one government! :confused:

    Well that's my gripe. Why should I have to pay for other dirty lazy fúckers? It doesn't take much to place your gum in the bin, or wrap it in a tissue (or whatever), put it in your pocket and dispose of it later. I don't think they should blanket it and target everyone.

    As for someone saying earlier if it means more effective fines for culprits, how will it? And what good is that to me? I'm still paying for a problem I done nothing to create.


  • #38
    Statistician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Statistician


    There are two problems I can see with this tax.

    1. It is collected at the 'wrong' point. With plastic bags, all use was deemed to be bad for the environment, so these were taxed at the point of sale. With chewing gum, this is only bad if disposed of incorrectly. Everyone who buys chewing gum has to pay this tax regardless of how the chewing gum is disposed. This means that it will make no difference to how chewing gum is disposed. At best it will reduce the sales of chewing gum.

    2. Any new tax or levy introduced after 2008 is money that will be misappropriated.


  • #39
    NIALL D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭NIALL D


    dumplin is by far the worst city for gum riddled streets anyway !!!


  • #40
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭up for anything


    Why don't people swallow the bloody stuff> It doesn't really stick to your ribs or get entangled in your intestines. :confused:


  • #41
    Born to Die
    Closed Accounts Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Born to Die


    Xivilai wrote: »
    I ain't payin no more exORBITant taxes :mad:

    In the interest of fairness, I would like to point out that there are other brands of chewing gum also available.


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  • #42
    NIALL D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭NIALL D


    up for anything wrote: »
    Why don't people swallow the bloody stuff> It doesn't really stick to your ribs or get entangled in your intestines. :confused:


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  • #43
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    If there's to be a chewing gum tax, there should be a dog tax! For every piece of gum I see on the pavement these days, there is at least 2 dog turds.
    I'd like to see dog police, armed with colt 45's, & given a license to despatch all dogs pooping in public places, and their owners too! (regardless as to whether or not the owners themselves are also pooping...)

    Draconian measures, but the world would be a better place...


  • #44
    NIALL D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭NIALL D


    FoxT wrote: »
    If there's to be a chewing gum tax, there should be a dog tax! For every piece of gum I see on the pavement these days, there is at least 2 dog turds.
    I'd like to see dog police, armed with colt 45's, & given a license to despatch all dogs pooping in public places, and their owners too! (regardless as to whether or not the owners themselves are also pooping...)

    Draconian measures, but the world would be a better place...

    ya dog crap is so annoying..

    all owners walkin there dogs should be made buy pooper scoopers ...http://www.petworlddirect.ie/product/Dogs/DogCleanup/FO1824

    i say these wouldnt be much good if its a scuttery one though :o


  • #45
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    NIALL D wrote: »
    ya dog crap is so annoying..

    all owners walkin there dogs should be made buy pooper scoopers ...http://www.petworlddirect.ie/product/Dogs/DogCleanup/FO1824

    i say these wouldnt be much good if its a scuttery one though :o

    They could bloody well use a straw :(


  • #46
    previous user
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Didn't I hear that they were going to develop that gum that would desolve on the pavement within 24 hours, why don't wrigley develop that.


  • #47
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    that's ridiculous but not surprising coming from "The Regime"

    I reckon all dole claimaints should be out scraping that gum off the pavements, earn that money so to speak.

    shouldn't get something for nothing while the middle class have to hold up the kunt-tree


  • #48
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    whats all the fuss about chewing gum?
    millions of euro spent on publicity and cleaning
    nothing happens when you step on it


  • #49
    TehDagsBass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭TehDagsBass


    Anti-government Internet Posters: The most vocal with the least to say.


  • #50
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    you forgot to put in scamming **** also


  • #51
    dirtyden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭dirtyden


    previous user wrote: »
    Didn't I hear that they were going to develop that gum that would desolve on the pavement within 24 hours, why don't wrigley develop that.

    Chewing gum that dissolves would not really be fit for purpose.


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  • #52
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    The chewing gum industry is fairly small, only a handful of companies. If they can't make their product biogradable then they should be required to set up teams of street cleaners that specifically remove it. This should be a requirement of obtaining a license to sell it.

    Or they could just tax it at source, which I actually think is fair enough and much more straight forward. Perhaps set up a completely seperate government just for the OP and they can make policy that's completely specific to him.


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