Gwinnett Trash Headaches
It is almost 2 pm on our usual trash day. But today is not a usual day. Today, the county’s new sanitation plan begins. My new hauler in the Loganville area should be BFI Waste Services; a shiny new BFI can should be sitting on my curb, but it isn’t. I have yet to receive a new can.
But wait! The county web site directed me to the Republic Services of Atlanta site. There, I learn that BFI is a subsidiary of Republic, but so is Robertson Sanitation, my hauler (and apparently the hauler of choice on my street). My guess is that nothing much will change for me and the neighbors; we will continue to use our Robertson cans.
Categories: Gwinnett Stuff, Miscellany, Politics & Government Tags: bfi, gwinnett trash plan, Republic Services, robertson sanitation, sanitation plan
If the ends truly justifies the means…
Like a federal bailout, the county’s plan to eliminate competition and take over what has been a private enterprise simply ignores the Constitution and the rule of law, in favor of expedience. The new sanitation plan is, by all definitions a step toward socialism, which is an economic system in which the basic means of production are primarily owned and controlled collectively, usually by government under some system.
If private ownership, entrepreneurship and free enterprise are no longer cherished characteristics of our country to be jealously guarded and defended at all costs, then any form of government interference is plausible.
Categories: Freedom, Gwinnett Stuff, It Must Be Said, Politics & Government Tags: Freedom, gwinnett county, sanitation plan, socialism
