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The plastic bag jab is an odd thing to include. It really doesn’t fit the narrative they are pushing at all. It’s a single use plastic bag ban, and it was push
by lttlrck 8y ago
The plastic bag jab is an odd thing to include. It really doesn’t fit the narrative they are pushing at all.
It’s a single use plastic bag ban, and it was pushed to a public vote by the plastic bag manufacturers themselves as an apparent delay tactic so they could sell more bags in the interim and adapt to making recycled plastic bags. Industry and the people had their say.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article113898813.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-aler...
- spenrose 8y agoPer my earlier comment, one déformation professionnelle with being a libertarian "researcher" is that your funders expect you to tie the grand principles that make your soul sing to their parochial interests. "Keep your Pigovian taxes and Coasean bargaining away from my bottom line if you value your salary."