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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Economy</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/9.aspx</link><description>Regulation, Labor, Professions, Energy, Communications, Business Subsidies</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 54 (Expand “bottle bill” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275490.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:08:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275490</guid><dc:creator>FreeSpeaker</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275490.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=275490</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Michigan&amp;#39;s bottle bill has been an enormously successful law, with in the range of 96% compliance (96% of deposits are redeemed).&amp;nbsp; It has encouraged materials rec ycling and helped reduce roadside and other public litter.&amp;nbsp; The law is heavily supported and favored by the general public.&amp;nbsp; The law warrants updating to include all carbonated and non-carbonated beverages to keep up with consumption trends.&amp;nbsp; This bill or its equivalent should pass.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 54 (Expand “bottle bill” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275485.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:28:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275485</guid><dc:creator>ChipTaylor</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275485.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=275485</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Just stop sending our water to dry states so they can water the golf courses -- terrible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 54 (Expand “bottle bill” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272893.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:28:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272893</guid><dc:creator>uber-liberal</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272893.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=272893</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;you expect more from your legislators?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 54 (Expand “bottle bill” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272880.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:38:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272880</guid><dc:creator>jmd364</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272880.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=272880</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Michigan unemployment is now 11.6% and they&amp;#39;re worried about bottle deposits???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Morons!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 54 (Expand “bottle bill” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272879.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272879</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272879.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=272879</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 27, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-54'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>