California Considering Recycling Fees on PCs

Jeff writes: "It looks like two US senators are introducing bills that would impose recycling fees on new computer systems sold. These bills look to cover every high-tech product a consumer might buy, including computer and video monitors, desktop and notebook PCs, and handheld gadgets."

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Re:Recycling Fees

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BTW, includind a fee in the product price doesn't always mean a price increase: it can be a manufacturer profit decrease, a price stagnation instead of the normal manufacturing cost decrease... But this will never be too high in order not to repelling consumers.

Hahah, always funny to see how many environmental-wackos don't understand economics.

Whether the fee results in an increase in prices (which equals a reduction in sales, period) or a reduction in manufacturer profits (which means a reduction in employment as well as capacity) the net affect of any additional cost on marketing a product is a reduction in efficiency of the economy and also tends to put upward pressure on inflation.

Every cost is important. The fact that liberals don't understand this is why they are so eager to tax the rich and companies more and more every day as if it were an endless supply of money. It's not. Reagan reduced taxes and we got the longest-growing economy in our country's history. Clinton raised taxes and brought that growth to a stop and turned it around by the end of his eight years in office.

EVERY FEE AND TAX LEVIED ON PERSONS OR COMPANIES IS BAD FOR OUR ECONOMY. The only question is whether society feels the negative effect of the fee/tax is outweighed by the potential benefit.