[Drew68]

In Europe, it is about 20 euro cents for a plastic bag for the entire bag!!! Not per item. That is much more reasonable.

In my wife's hometown in Ukraine, plastic bags are for sale at the entrance to the large, outdoor markets. They're relatively cheap but needless to say, most shoppers will reuse bags until they're so stretched and torn, they can't be reused any longer.

I see nothing wrong with this. Waste is not a conservative value.

[PeterPrinciple]

I see nothing wrong with this. Waste is not a conservative value.

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You raise a good questions. Sounds like conservatism is what ever we want it to mean at the moment.

Slowing govt growth, trumps waste...............

[Kirkwood]

It is part of packaging and the cost is passed along to the customer. The same with the wrapping around meat and the cans and boxes that food come packaged in and the plastic bottles that hold liquids. If you accept all of that, then you are a hypocrite.

[olrtex]

“I see nothing wrong with this. Waste is not a conservative value.”

By this reasoning, you must think the individual mandate in ObamaCare is also okay. After all, going without health insurance is not a conservative value.

The “value” is being free of government interference and meddling. FREEDOM is the conservative value at issue here.