If you live in VA or MD and have been jealous of the DC bag tax, you might just like this news:  [sweet]

Bag tax talk is everywhere. Reports are in declaring D.C.’s plastic bag tax a success; two pieces of legislation will soon be on the table in Virginia to tax plastic and paper bags; and Maryland is considering proposals of its own. But not everyone is happy.

As the TBD article states, “not everyone is happy,” which is strange. There is nothing more American than paying for plastic bags.