concludes Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air.
They tried it in DC and wound up losing more than 100 jobs and realized a net drop in disposable income. They passed the same ban in San Francisco in 2007 to cut down on their plastic waste. The net result was that the city’s percentage of plastic waste went from .6 percent to .64 percent.
No wonder Boulder is looking at implementing a fee instead. Boulderites and their guilty consciences.
So-called “Progressives” are ALWAYS more interested in forcibly robbing you than in forcibly absolving of your alleged “sins”.
I expect something similar this summer from the latest nut crop running the show here in SteamBoulder.