Unintended Consequences

The D.C. local government produces no shortage of unintended consequences. Here is a great one-- recently D.C. banned the sale of single beers for the following rationale:

“More often than not, single sales of alcohol are bought so they can be consumed as soon as you walk out the door – turning alleys and backyards into public restrooms and leaving empty bottles strewn through our neighborhoods."

When the law passed liquor stores immediately responded with this:


The two-pack.

Priced more competitively than a single, so vagrants can get twice as drunk -- for less!

Source: Nate Anderson

http://www.quora.com/Economics/What-are-some-actual-examples-of-the-law-of-unintended-consequences-in-action