Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~In a free market, we let people show by their behavior that something is a good idea, and, given the number of litterers, one must conclude that littering makes sense.
~Littering creates jobs for people who have to clean it up. You wouldn’t want to cause unemployment, would you?
~If it happens enough, we might even be able to create a whole new workforce which might lead to road beautification as well as reusing the recyclable waste.
~It reminds us how much garbage we always throw away and maybe encourages us to be more conserving of resources.
~It lets people who don’t litter have a sense of pride in judging those who do.
~Isn’t it better to throw an apple out your window onto a field instead of filling up a landfill?
~Why should smokers have to have super-stinky cars filled with butts?
~It’s far more convenient than finding a garbage can and doesn’t waste trash bags.
~Even if it’s ugly, that ugliness reminds and encourages others to not litter even more. A little littering deters a lot of littering.
~By fining litterers, the government makes money and doesn’t have to tax us as much.
Links:
Could littering be good? by Yahoo answers
Are litter taxes good economics? by TaxFoundation.org
Litter heroes by LitterHeroes.co.uk
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