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Prisons benefit the environment by severely restricting inmate consumption of resources and fossil fuels. Prisons are the exact opposite of the car-centered suburban sprawl of single-family homes that environmentalists criticize. Incarceration may provide other environmental benefits. On the...

Washington D.C. recently enacted a 5 cent tax on each plastic bag taken at grocery stores. The move is to encourage citizens to bring their own bags and hence not use the non eco-friendly plastic bags. How does everyone feel about the tax and do you think it is a good idea?