Shouldn’t people be able to decide for themselves if they want to use that plastic bag, or use an alternative bag? If people are going to litter, I’m pretty sure they don’t care a whole lot about what it is they are littering with, you’ll just see a different assortment of litter now. Millions of people have found additional uses for these bags over the many years they have been around; i.e. garbage bags, doggy poop bags, lunch bags for work/school, storage bags, etc. (I probably don’t need to list anything, because chances are that whatever your views are, you use them yourself for something around your home).

With these plastic bags gone, the many scenarios where one might “reuse” them won’t simply go away. People will now need to purchase OTHER plastic bags (you know, the heavy-duty ones that use a much thicker plastic [that means more raw materials used] and cost consumers [that’s you and me], a.k.a. everyone, money) to meet the same needs that those super-thin wispy little bags have for so long.

Now then, what about the “convenience factor”? I know that when I was a teen growing up, my friends and I would often times make a stop at a nearby grocery store for some snacks and drinks during a hot summer day before going to wherever our next destination would be…and somehow we knew how to properly dispose of those plastic bags without being force-fed a bunch of environmentalist propaganda, or having the government force us.

Now imagine a similar group of kids in today’s society… do they walk around with a bunch of reusable bags stuff into their shorts? Or are they supposed to always buy a paper bag and bring that with them wherever they go? Have you ever tried to bunch up a paper bag (the full-size grocery bags) into a ball and stuff it into your pocket until you could find a trash can? Neither have I. However I have done that more times than I can remember with plastic bags because they take up virtually no space at all.

I hadn’t even thought about the idea that the reusable bags could get contaminated, but that is an issue that many others have already shared with us. Then again, I find it hard to believe that many people don’t already know most if not all of what I’ve already said above…. and yet sadly, we still manage to let these politicians in office so they can ruin everything.

Enough already!!!

Besides, you know most people arnt going to wash those stupid things, they will use them til they stink, then throw them away. Then our masters in Sacramento will “Solve” that problem by mandating that all of those bags be sold for $10-15 each so no one could afford to throw them away.

Dont worry, our politicians know best and they will protect us from ourselves.

And your bags are way too expensive! Wal-Mart was selling those little douchy bags for $0.15, so who ever is paying $.99 for the chance prove how “Green” they are, while increasing their chances of giving their family a food-bourne illness, is paying way too much. Once again, a “wise” economic decision by team green!