Re: Batch of Mirepoix

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:31:29 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2025-02-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:11:23 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2025-02-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:48:35 -0500, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
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People in this area have to hire private trash pickup.  No city or
county trash pickup.  The major outfits (Republic Waste, Waste
Management, Sunshine, etc.) do *not* pick up on holidays.  A local
outfit does pick up on holidays and charges a hell of a lot less for the
service.  Guess which one I use? ;)

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You have different garbage collection companies collecting garbage in
the same street? That sounds insane.

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Free enterprise.  No central planning.
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Some places also have more than one electric utility providing
power, using the same transmission lines.

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We have that with electricity and Internet too. But they don't have to
send trucks and people here to do their thing.

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I suppose if it were inefficient, the market would take care of that.

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The market doesn't mind polluting.

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Of course not.  Those externalities are shifted to the commons.
We could do something about that, but not in a country full of
people who are terribly afraid that someone else is going to get
(at taxpayer expense) something to which they are not entitled.

Nope, you either internalize it, or get rid of the commons. Problem solved.
Also note that richer and more capitalist countries, are generally more clean and respectful of the environment than socialist countries. This is proven.