After Banning Plastic Straws Democrats Move on to Next Target

After having some success banning plastic straws around the country and because they seem to enjoy the brutal mocking that followed liberals have found something else to try and ban…balloons:

Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans’ love of balloons be deflated?

The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to earth can be deadly to seabirds and turtles that eat them. So as companies vow to banish plastic straws, there are signs balloons will be among the products to get more scrutiny, even though they’re a very small part of environmental pollution.

This year, college football powerhouse Clemson University is ending its tradition of releasing 10,000 balloons into the air before games, a move that’s part of its sustainability efforts. In Virginia, a campaign that urges alternatives to balloon releases at weddings is expanding. And a town in Rhode Island outright banned the sale of all balloons earlier this year, citing the harm to marine life.

“There are all kinds of alternatives to balloons, a lot of ways to express yourself,” says Kenneth Lacoste, first warden of New Shoreham, Rhode Island, who cites posters, piñatas and decorated paper.

Following efforts to limit plastic bags, the push by environmentalists against straws has gained traction in recent months, partly because they’re seen as unnecessary for most.

Companies including Starbucks and Disney are promising to phase out plastic straws, which can be difficult to recycle because of their size and often end up as trash in the ocean.

A handful of U.S. cities recently passed or are considering bans. And the push may bring attention to other items people may not have considered — like festive balloons

The left wants to regulate and control everything so it makes sense they’d move from straws to balloons.

Give an inch and they take a mile.

California already has some restrictions on balloons but leftists want even more:

Balloon release restrictions are already in the books in some states and environmentalists are pushing hard to toughen the restrictions.

California has banned the sale of certain types of Balloons since the 1990’s and there is a major movement to make it the first state to outright ban the releasing of balloons into the air.

Many of the left see balloons as the next logical step in what to ban after plastic bags and straws.

Balloons do not crack the top 10 pollutants in America.

This is how the left rolls.

Initiate bans that will have no impact but give government more control.

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