Boss Straw, the paper straw company, looks like it is going to go extinct, unlike the plastic straw. The owner, Guy Spinelli, voted for Trump three times. But, his support was misguided because the 75 year old, who put his entire life savings into the paper straw business, is in trouble after the White House put this Executive Order out that bans paper straws.
The order lays out 2 steps that the government will take:
- The Federal government is directed to stop purchasing paper straws and ensure they are no longer provided within Federal buildings.
- The Order requires the development of a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws within 45 days to alleviate the forced use of paper straws nationwide.
Oopsie.
Almost instantly orders stopped coming in. Instead of his expect $800k sales, he will be lucky to sell 80k this year.
He told the Philadelphia Inquirer that their “distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the president. The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.”
