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>If the goal is to reduce plastic waste... Why not just tax the plastic? We could both ban plastics (e.g for food) and tax it (for other uses, e.g medical). N
by rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
>If the goal is to reduce plastic waste... Why not just tax the plastic?
We could both ban plastics (e.g for food) and tax it (for other uses, e.g medical).
Now, how can banning be less effective than taxing? Otherwise, we would have taxed murder instead of outlawing it right?
- londons_explore 5y agoUnpopular opinion: If you're a billionaire and commit murder, you will probably pay the top lawyer in the world and get away with it on a technicality. I'd prefer there just be a tax on murder. $100M plus 10x the value of the estate of the deceased ought to do it.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoIf they got away with murder before the tax, how is changing the punishment going to make them not get away with it?