I've got to say that if anyone expects to pay someone "standard rates" under circumstances this extraordinary, they deserve to have giant piles of garbage all around them.
And anyone who thinks that the government is going to do anything efficiently or cheaper is delusional. The National Guard is not "free", it's not cheap, and it's not a garbage service. I would much rather private industry take care of this problem, even if it's a little more expensive than the garbage service here at my house. Or.... we can all pretend we are all government employees and sit around on our golden toilet seats arguing over the best way to flush tax money down our golden toilets. -Cameron On 8/29/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously you have not been following this story very closely. > > There is a ton of money allocated to clear debris. > > There are only a few local contractors willing to do the work for the > price offered (about 4 times the pre-Katrina hauling price, last I > read). > > The bigger haulers (remember who owns most hauling services in this > nation) are holding out for even higher windfall profits. > > So the difference between the National Guard and the garbage company > is about 1000% markup. > > On 8/29/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We (the taxpayers) are paying the national guard to do it, or we (th > > tax payers) are paying the garbage company to do it. Either way it's > > gonna take the same number of trips in a big ole truck. I don't know > > who Joe's Hauling is, or why they only own two trucks, but if the > > power company can put together resources from all over the nation to > > drive down and help re-connect power all over the place, there's no > > reason the same can't be done with the garbage men. > > > > It's just a matter of the federal, state, and local governments > > getting off their collective fat asses, stop arguing over the piggy > > bank, and actually doing their jobs. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On 8/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the city is broke and the feds think the city is run by crooks. I guess. I > > > was just seeing that the amount of trash is still something like 12 times > > > the volume of the Superdome, so it's not something that Joe's Hauling can > > > handle with his two trucks on a volunteer basis. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214460 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
