Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
By money grab I meant the city collecting money from the people of New York.
I could be mistaken but it was my understanding that the city is requiring people to purchase the can from the city or from a limited number of retailers.
At least that is the type of policy to which my comments were refering.
I wouldn't describe a supply shortage brought on by the government mandating a monopoly distributor as a failure of capitalism.
Also I never used the word socialist to describe the policy. I called it bad government policy. And my name isn't Tommy.
Not sure if you thought you quoted another post or if that was supposed to be some kind of insult.
All I did was say it sounded like bad policy and said it would be better if cans were provided by the trash collector or by multiple vendors.
Referring to Tom's bleat about NYC's trash can policy spotlighting the horrors of SOOOOOOCIALISM. He used it to illustrate his point that NYC will soon be consumed by flames and leveled by earthquakes as divine punishment for them having elected a SOOOOOCIALIST mayor.
I do mildly disagree with the term "money grab,":as it implies that the city has enacted this policy in order to enrich itself. I don't see any evidence that that is the case. What money will the city receive from the trash can purchases?
I suspect that the trash can standardization was a consequence of unions' pressure to make sanitation workers' jobs easier and less dangerous. Unions have immense clout in NYC. I'm not interested enough to check that out.
I apologize for not stating more clearly that I was refuting and schooling Tom, not you.
