Here in the great state of California, state and local governments are broke. Roads have potholes the size of small children, there is a significant amount of garbage on the freeways, DMVs are shutting down 1 day a week - and some unincorporated areas of LA county are concerned with plastic bags.
You know, those fucking nuisance containers you bring your groceries home in? The state wants to ban them, altogether, forever, in perpetuity because they are not biodegradable. The solution is to charge no less than 5 cents for paper bags, or even better, pay for reusable bags you get to tote around with you.
I mean what the fuck is one to do when you get the call from the wife saying, "hey, we need milk, bread, eggs and cereal", and the reusable bags are in her car? I suppose we are going to pay the extra cash for the privilege of procuring food, and we still have the same fucking problem.
What the fuck is next, the soup companies going to charge us for the soup AND the can?
This issue is just a microcosm of the fucked up policy makers here in California, and their stupidity generally spreads throughout the country - going viral if you will.
Here is an idea - how about you quit worrying about them bags that are filling up that bottom drawer in the kitchen and concentrate on lowering the 10% sales tax we GET to pay on shit. Better yet, feel free to fill in the potholes, maybe even with the excess of paper bags that are causing so much concern. If those fuckers are so indestructible, then perhaps they should be put to good use.
The world was a simpler place before there were choices, such as paper or plastic? Henry Ford had the right idea when it came to giving his customers too many choices - "you can have the car in any color you want, so long as it's black". I wonder if old Henry would go with paper or plastic?
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