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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
....But it is? Well I mean for New York it is. I assume that it is the same for other states. (the garbage pick up)
Plus who going to pay for that him, the hospital, his government, or the insurance that he says is not needed. (health care)
edited 5th Mar '13 2:53:22 PM by theweirdKiddokun
The Reaper Games starts anew.
It's a municipality thing. In the city I live in, trash service is private, but the city mandates which garbage collector I use. The next city over, the trash service is private, but you can choose between several collectors.
Trash collection is a boondoggle. Why in the heck wouldn't it just be public, with one rate that everyone pays and standardized schedules? In my area it's one of those "massive numbers of small providers" deals, which would seem to screw with anything resembling economies of scale.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"In Britain, it's a service that has to be performed by local Councils by Statute. Often they are sub-contracted to contractors and include recycling collections as well.
If you're wondering where the funding comes from, it's the same as all Councils — Central Government Grant or Council Taxes (Council Tax on residential property, Business Rates on businesses, Parking Charges etc...).
edited 5th Mar '13 2:57:56 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnI'm pretty sure it's municipal here. The county of Garland even gives us trash cans and recycling receptacles. (And it all has City of Garland printed on the side, so that's how I'm figuring it.) I assume it's the same for counties and cities surrounding me, but I don't know about the rest of the state.
So, assuming nobody's mentioned it already, anyone want to talk about Eric Holder's claim that Obama has the authority to kill Americans on U.S. soil without a trial?
Because I really want this to be nothing more than hysteria.
You seem to have missed the various uses of "hypothetical" and "unlikely to happen" in that article. To do such a thing would be disastrous as a political move, not to mention a waste of resources on the practical level. It's kind of their job to consider all hypothetical uses of power that they won't actually use.
And it's a response to Ron Paul, of all people. I don't know why they'd take him seriously enough to write him an answer on anything. He's the one that would ruin us with all this lassez faire crap.
edited 5th Mar '13 5:03:41 PM by AceofSpades
It's legit, I think; someone brought it up here sometime ago, when the federal government passed a law/bill/whatever that gave the President the legal power to declare drone strikes against any US citizen anywhere on the planet if he has reason (persumably via CIA intel) to suspect them of being a terrorist or collaborating with terrorists, without bothering to check if they could simply apprehend them. Theoretically, at least.
edited 5th Mar '13 5:05:28 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.... And none of you guys thought to bring it up here, why?!
Oh wait. Was it mentioned in the Drone Strike thread instead? I hadn't been following that thread.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.It's been brought up SEVERAL TIMES. And discussed ad nauseum. Jesus Marq, we don't talk about one single issue all the time. And yes, something like this does now belong in the drone strike thread. I think? It does have to do with something that would hypothetically happen here on US soil. So I don't know.
edited 5th Mar '13 5:17:30 PM by AceofSpades
... Wait. Oh damn, I just remembered that there were a few times over the past few months when I found 5 or more pages had sprung up overnight, and I skipped over them expecting from past observations of the thread that "if a really major thing came up overnight, the discussion would last for around 10 or so pages".
Right.
edited 5th Mar '13 5:26:44 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Speaker Boehner: I won’t make practice of passing bills without GOP support
Senator Menendez (D-NJ) asks reporters to "vigorously go after" source of prostitution "smears"
Federal stance on marijuana will be topic in U.S. Senate hearing
Ex-DEA heads, UN panel urge US to nullify Colorado and Washington's pot laws
edited 5th Mar '13 8:45:48 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016edited 5th Mar '13 5:36:14 PM by MarqFJA
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I don't think so.
Governor Christie: ‘Real leadership’ could have prevented sequester
edited 5th Mar '13 5:58:18 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016It was announced today that the DOW has hit a record high while household income has hit a decade low.
Speaking of Record breakers:
Anti-government extremist groups reach record levels
edited 5th Mar '13 7:01:09 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
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About Boehner, Its about Hastert Rule
The majority of the majority is a governing principle (not a legal procedure) used by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to effectively limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House. Under the majority of the majority doctrine, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives will not allow a vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_of_the_majority
edited 5th Mar '13 7:13:54 PM by PhilippeO

One of my friends thinks trash pickup is a service that should be provided for by the government. He also disagrees with Obamacare's mandate because "Healthcare isn't a necessity. Just go to the emergency room.". Yeah...