And here they go, again!
Priorities: Guess What NYC Is Banning to Save the Environment
http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/02/13/nyc-bans-laundry-pods-n2392876
Congratulations, New York City!
Having solved your crime and immigration issues, you can now focus on the really important things, the ones that keep the average New Yorker up at night.
Like banning dryer sheets and laundry pods.
New York Post (@nypost) ~ NYC may ban detergent pods, some laundry sheets in latest ‘green’ crackdown — with fines up to $1,200 for selling them
http://trib.al/kkz4Riy
'May', as if this isn't already a done deal.
The New York Post tells us more:
New York City could soon ban Tide PODS and other laundry-detergent packs under the latest “green” push from lawmakers.
The “Pods are Plastic Bill,” introduced by City Councilman James Gennaro last week, would make it illegal to sell any pods and laundry sheets if they’re made with polyvinyl alcohol.
Fines for selling the pods would start at $400, double for a second violation and top off at $1,200 for flouting the rules more than twice, if the bill becomes law. The bill would also require education and outreach to businesses on the ban for the first year.
The law wouldn’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2026, if passed.
A $1,200 fine is harsher than a fine some violent criminals face for, you know, committing actual crimes. ...
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ~ C.S. Lewis
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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