How does raising the cost of living on everyone solve a lifestyle problem?

That would mean that the higher the taxes get, the more socially responsible we become as human beings. Right?

Taxing people into submission will not stop individuals from littering. Enforcing the laws, just might. Try that first, before imposing, yet another,tax on the citizens.

A logical solution would be to enforce the laws against littering that surely exist, ad nauseum, on the books. Business shouldn’t bear the brunt of the few townspeople who don’t care enough to clean up after themselves. Paper, plastic, etc., it doesn’t matter. It will all blow down the street if you don’t dispose of it properly.

You want a cleaner environment? Enforce the laws against littering. A fine or two would work magic with even the most ignorant offender.

Of course the “logical solution” is not what is likely to occur. New Mexico needs more leaders that apply common sense to even the most mundane challenge.