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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (856064)5/11/2015 4:03:20 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1576823
 
WR,
Micromanaging 38 million people keeps 123K tons of plastic bags out of the waste stream, and the Pacific Ocean, and vacant lots, and freeways and alleys every year; not to mention a whole lot of CO2 out of the air, not to mention a whole lot of other things.
1) Given the amount of trash generated by each Californian per year, the proportion of that due to plastic shopping bags is really tiny.

2) We already have extensive recycling programs across the state. Why is that not enough?

3) We already have laws against littering. Why is that not enough?

4) What else ends up in the waste stream and the Pacific Ocean and vacant lots and freeways and alleys every year that we can "micromanage" away? Old tires? Cigarette butts? Disposable batteries? Great, let's ban 'em all.

There is no limit to what government can do when you accept every single regulation, no matter how small, as necessary to protect us from ourselves.

Tenchusatsu
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