Commentary on Mildred's "Where is my plastic bag?"

 Mildred's commentary about the banning of plastic bags leaving people that work in the manufactories jobless is correct.  I did not stress this factor, but she has a good point.  What happens to the 4,500 people that worked in manufacturing plastic bags?  Will they be put to manufacture paper bags?  

 I don’t understand how plastic bags are effecting our environment, I feel like they are only effecting our environment if they are not recycled properly.   

Paper bags would kill our environment by killing our trees.  Is that what people prefer?   Maryland and Brownsville seem to have this plastic bag ordinance straight.

 Brownsville charges $1 for unlimited plastic bags. Maryland charges 5 cents per plastic bag at grocery stores.  That is a fair price, and it also leaves residents happy.  

A citizen reaction to the banning of plastic bags in Austin is like half content, half frustrated.  I work at a retail store myself, and there is constantly people complaining because we no longer supply plastic bags. If we were able to still keep the plastic bags and charge people a small fee, it would make local residents happy.  If we could just be able to let people choose what they wanted, instead of making half of the town mad.