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    Gum Tax


    DADGUMMIT!!!!! Why must it be America's fault that you have gum on your streets?

    Is the gum getting to be this big of a problem for maintenance? How do they figure the exact cost of cleaning up gum in streets?
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    Sounds like a good idea if the money does go towards cleaning up. The streets are disgusting in places here because of gum.

    I always throw my gum in the bin.

    If gum is to be reclassified as litter does that mean on-spot fines will be enforced on people who spit their gum onto the pavement? I hope so....

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    i think the solution is attaching miniguns to the cctv in town centres then turning anyone chewing gum into a bloody mulch

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    Encouraging swallowing may also help...

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    yeah, its never actually tied my intestines in a knot


    edit.... oh
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    Are cigarette butts classified as litter there?

    I always thought anything you threw on the ground that should be put in a trashcan was litter, and I would include gum and cigarette butts in this. We do get fined for littering, but it is hard to police all places at all times.

    A lot of gum on the ground would be irritating. Some places here may have a problem with this, too, and I have just not read of it.

    Where do you stop the taxing for the clean up? I see a lot of plastic shop bags, such as walmart bags at times.....do we tax those?

    Are you not already paying a city tax for street maintenance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDave
    i think the solution is attaching miniguns to the cctv in town centres then turning anyone chewing gum into a bloody mulch


    You could probably mulch, and the gum still be the only thing left.....on the street.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Everose
    Are cigarette butts classified as litter there?

    I always thought anything you threw on the ground that should be put in a trashcan was litter, and I would include gum and cigarette butts in this. We do get fined for littering, but it is hard to police all places at all times.

    A lot of gum on the ground would be irritating. Some places here may have a problem with this, too, and I have just not read of it.

    Where do you stop the taxing for the clean up? I see a lot of plastic shop bags, such as walmart bags at times.....do we tax those?

    Are you not already paying a city tax for street maintenance?
    There was talk of some sort of tax for shopping bags if I remember correctly.

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    ludicrous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Withcheese
    Encouraging swallowing may also help...
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