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Certain people around town are always criticizing certain other people around town for always wanting to copy some innovative bit of policy adopted by the city of Madison. You know, they have a point and it's high time we here in Monona did something before Madison did it and then they can jump on our bandwagon.
Let's ban drive-throughs, right now. Immediately. Tomorrow. But, wait, here's the catch: Don't tell anyone. Just let people sit in line and stew. People will be waiting in their cars for hours, cursing McDonalds. Pretty soon they'll begin to ruminate about all that imported beef in a Big Mac (what American cows aren't good enuf for 'em?), and how Mickey D's has ruined the American family dinner and turned us into fat slobs. Pretty soon, they'd just pull out of line and drive away, never to be seen at McDonalds again. Viva, revolucion!
But really, Wisconsinites are pikers when it comes to drive-throughs. Where I grew up in Southern Illinois we had drive-through liquor stores! Apparently, these are useful for drivers too drunk to get out and walk into a store. drive-through liquor store@Everything2.com
And here's a great opportunity in Arizona: Drive thru Liquor store #10 + check cashing - business for sale ...
news: Mike Ivey: Should Madison ban the drive-through?
The truly amusing thing was watching the ditto heads explode when this idea was floated...."they're attacking my freedoms!!! arrggghhh"
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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I am a NOT a ditto head-and I still have a problem with this one.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be interesting of our council and legislature were made-up of economist instead of Lawyers?
I do not mean it as a shot at you, but yet I do.
So-an economist would just make people pay very high tax for drive-thrus .
For instance, the bottle return law in MN, MI and IA was developed by an economist.
It is so easy to ban things, make things illegal....
And if the goal is to cut down on pollution...or emmisssions there are other things around town that need banned and doing much more harm.
Apparently, my tongue was not planted far enough into my cheek.
ReplyDeleteStopping things through taxes doesn't always work. look at cigareetes. And it allows the upper middle class to keep right on doing what they do anyway because they choose to afford the tax.
ReplyDeleteThe red herring argument of "there are other worse things" can always be used, but it's not a legitmate defense because then nothing would ever change.
I applaud such a law. Not only would it help save gasoline and pollution, it would cut down on the fast food shoved at little kids. If Dad or Mom doesn't want to drag their little ones into a restaurant to pick up that bag of fat, sodium and sugar, then maybe they'll eat something quick and healthy at home instead. My mom was very busy, but we didn't have drive throughs and somehow we didn't starve.
"Stopping things through taxes doesn't always work. look at cigareetes. "
ReplyDeleteTaxes are not the only answer nor is outlawing things.
"Apparently, my tongue was not planted far enough into my cheek."
ReplyDeleteHey, that was me not anonymous!