I would be interested to see if these taxes have any meaningful effect on consumer behavior The core issue is that any tax on bags like this is a regressive ta

I would be interested to see if these taxes have any meaningful effect on consumer behavior The core issue is that any tax on bags like this is a regressive tax. A tax that is big enough to make changes in how upper middle class households operate would have a highly disproportionate effect on lower middle class and those in poverty. The result is areas like the DC metro doing things like a $0.05 bag tax. A number probably too small to change any behaviors at a relevant scale. I don’t have a nice solution to these topics either— it’s just that these bag taxes feel like the poster child for middle of the road policies that fail to have a meaningful impact on the issue they’re seeking to address