https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/07/dont-kill-our-jobs-with-a-plastic-bag-ban/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:45:57 -0400<![CDATA[We shouldn&#8217;t laugh too hard at France for voting against basic math and the iron laws of economics this past weekend. In wide swaths of America, voters keep electing leaders who keep regulating our own businesses out of existence while they govern more by anecdote and emotion than by reason or cause and effect.]]>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:26:47 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/05/07/dont-kill-our-jobs-with-a-plastic-bag-ban-n164779