A City Commissioner states that there is trash all over Dothan, so, he wants a small recycling fee to encourage people to recycle.
Wait a minute! WHO is putting the trash all over Dothan? (Aside from asking why he mixed "fee" and "tax" and "fine", and, "recycle" and "garbage" and "litter"?)
When a politician says that we need to add a tax because 'someone' is doing 'something', they actually say that they want to punish the majority for the sins of the minority. What they really mean is they want more tax monies to spend and they are willing to hide it behind something else.
The Commissar -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said that the commission had more important things to do than spend time on the "point one percent", but at the same time he wants to punish the 99.9% for the garbage sins of the "point one percent".
Wait a minute! WHY punish the 99.9% at all? WHY doesn't the Dothan City Commission increase the penalties for littering? WHY aren't the police issuing tickets based upon those harsh penalties and confiscating cars for non-payment of littering? WHY can't you buy a new-to-you confiscated-for-littering truck at a police auction?
He said "recycling has never worked in the city of Dothan. You have to have complete compliance." After that blatant, hostile, Eco-Nazi threat he continued to say that recycling requires an incentive. (Avoiding a $1,000 fine, keeping your car, and staying out of jail are great motivators for me.) "This is what I do know that works."
He said that if you go to Detroit, Michigan, you will never find a plastic bottle on the street. HORSEFEATHERS! Detroit is drowning under plastic and cans and glass and trash in general. ("Oh, look! An unbroken glass bottle! It must be really new!") I don't know when he went to Detroit, or, where in Detroit he visited, but it is one of the nastiest cities you'll ever see. I visit approximately every five years, and, it's still as dirty, now, as it was when I first visited in the early 70s. (In fairness, they did clean up the rich suburbs, but I don't know if that was city or private.)
Then the second Comrade -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said they got a grant. NOOO!!! Grants normally mean that a local government has an opportunity for matching money. That means they need to spendspendspend or they cannot keep it. Matching funds mean Communists -- I mean, "Commissioners" -- have to cough up Dothan Citizens' money to match the grant! That means TAX!
The second Commissioner said they want to charge a small fee for recycling. A small fee?
He said they want to make recycling an option. An option?
WITH GOVERNMENT THERE ARE NO SMALL FEES AND THERE ARE NO OPTIONS!
He continued to imply that recycling makes a profit. So, he said he wants to raise the tax on Dothanians $8 per month to provide an unwanted, economically inviable service.
GOVERNMENT RECYCLING COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH AS TRASH! YOUR GUESTS MADE A VERY DUBIOUS STATEMENT! (That's tactful for "they didn't exactly tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.")
If they say "my gut feeling is", punch them in the gut with your ledger then scoff, "My spreadsheet trumps your gut feeling!"
The Second Commissioner said that he received calls and letters about recycling. So? His response should be that he looks at recycling, constantly, but it is economically inviable. If there is money in it, private companies will provide the service.
If a commercial entity is not doing recycling in Dothan/Houston County, it may also mean the land fill is not set up for recycling. Did anyone on the Dothan Commission CALL any of the commercial recyclers? I did. [REDACTED]
If there is no money in it, government will step in an waste tax dollars in pursuit of an economically inviable program.
Offering a five cent bounty on a bottle AND an $8 monthly tax (which will rise when expenses exceed 'fees') is not sufficient motivation for the average American.
Offering a $1,000 fine with jail time and confiscation of your automobile will help make people at least think before they trash the planet.
When a politician says that we need to add a tax because 'someone' is doing 'something', they actually say that they want to punish the majority for the sins of the minority. What they really mean is they want more tax monies to spend and they are willing to hide it behind something else.
The Commissar -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said that the commission had more important things to do than spend time on the "point one percent", but at the same time he wants to punish the 99.9% for the garbage sins of the "point one percent".
Wait a minute! WHY punish the 99.9% at all? WHY doesn't the Dothan City Commission increase the penalties for littering? WHY aren't the police issuing tickets based upon those harsh penalties and confiscating cars for non-payment of littering? WHY can't you buy a new-to-you confiscated-for-littering truck at a police auction?
He said "recycling has never worked in the city of Dothan. You have to have complete compliance." After that blatant, hostile, Eco-Nazi threat he continued to say that recycling requires an incentive. (Avoiding a $1,000 fine, keeping your car, and staying out of jail are great motivators for me.) "This is what I do know that works."
He said that if you go to Detroit, Michigan, you will never find a plastic bottle on the street. HORSEFEATHERS! Detroit is drowning under plastic and cans and glass and trash in general. ("Oh, look! An unbroken glass bottle! It must be really new!") I don't know when he went to Detroit, or, where in Detroit he visited, but it is one of the nastiest cities you'll ever see. I visit approximately every five years, and, it's still as dirty, now, as it was when I first visited in the early 70s. (In fairness, they did clean up the rich suburbs, but I don't know if that was city or private.)
Then the second Comrade -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said they got a grant. NOOO!!! Grants normally mean that a local government has an opportunity for matching money. That means they need to spendspendspend or they cannot keep it. Matching funds mean Communists -- I mean, "Commissioners" -- have to cough up Dothan Citizens' money to match the grant! That means TAX!
The second Commissioner said they want to charge a small fee for recycling. A small fee?
He said they want to make recycling an option. An option?
WITH GOVERNMENT THERE ARE NO SMALL FEES AND THERE ARE NO OPTIONS!
He continued to imply that recycling makes a profit. So, he said he wants to raise the tax on Dothanians $8 per month to provide an unwanted, economically inviable service.
GOVERNMENT RECYCLING COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH AS TRASH! YOUR GUESTS MADE A VERY DUBIOUS STATEMENT! (That's tactful for "they didn't exactly tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.")
If they say "my gut feeling is", punch them in the gut with your ledger then scoff, "My spreadsheet trumps your gut feeling!"
The Second Commissioner said that he received calls and letters about recycling. So? His response should be that he looks at recycling, constantly, but it is economically inviable. If there is money in it, private companies will provide the service.
If a commercial entity is not doing recycling in Dothan/Houston County, it may also mean the land fill is not set up for recycling. Did anyone on the Dothan Commission CALL any of the commercial recyclers? I did. [REDACTED]
If there is no money in it, government will step in an waste tax dollars in pursuit of an economically inviable program.
Offering a five cent bounty on a bottle AND an $8 monthly tax (which will rise when expenses exceed 'fees') is not sufficient motivation for the average American.
Offering a $1,000 fine with jail time and confiscation of your automobile will help make people at least think before they trash the planet.
Politicians who advocate spending money on economically inviable projects are BEMRs
BEMR
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