Reply #99: The way to deal with the issue is to go after business, not the consumer

[Bjorn Against]

There was a time just a couple decades ago in which no place had plastic bags, and people managed to get by just fine with paper. A ten cent fee on anything would probably not stop me (although I have tried to avoid plastic for environmental reasons), and I am not by any means wealthy. I don't think a ten cent a bag fee would have enough of an impact on consumption, and it harms poor people more than anyone else. It is better to just ban plastic bags all together, people got by just fine without plastic bags before and they can get by just fine without them now.