American politician says that if he is elected, he will return plastic bags. Crowd starts cheering.

Ironically, it wouldn't surprise me if their brains are full of microplastic.

But bringing a bag to a store makes you gay.

That would require us Americans to stop being stupid and remember to bring the reusable bags.

i have 3 collapsable small bags on my gearshift and a set of bags by Lotus that link together with velcro and fill a large US shopping cart. Each of the Lotus bags can fit a case of beer. There’s no reason to not have a bag.

Thats one reason the TX Legislature banned plastic bag bans in the state. Didn't matter that even the small city of Laredo was saving a couple hundred thousand on cleaning up the waterways while the ban was enacted. The legislature couldn't have cleaner streets, cleaner water plants, clearer storm drains, and government savings, because it was so oppressive for people to remember to bring a bag or pay 10¢ for a new one.

How about implementing that cool schedule where you could only buy gas every other day of the week? That's an old fave

Smog days! Tenament fires! Unemployment!

But not high marginal tax rates, stock buybacks being illegal or high levels of unionization. Not the stuff that actually made people feel better.

I really don't want another pointless war in a faraway jungle, but it's looking like that's also a thing the republicans want

Don't forget polio, and the good old days when womens' only expectations were to give birth to children & serve her husband 💖

I don’t want plastic bags but, in a race to the bottom, retailers have made the bags “reusable” in that, yes, they can be used again but are a thin fabric that tears easily.