![]()
“New York City hires the otherwise unemployable to stroll the streets peering through the clear plastic of citizens’ trash bags for infractions of the numerous and bizarre recycling rules [‘wrapping paper (remove ribbon and tape)’ is recyclable, but not ‘paper with a lot of tape or glue’ — and who decides what ‘a lot’ is?]. Fines for residences start at $25, but they zoom as high as $500 for ‘four or more Notices within a six-month period.’ You can contest your fines by hiring an attorney or waiting hours for your case to be called ‘at any ECB [Environmental Control Board] Location,’ as the ‘Notice of Violation’ advises.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/117583.html
Related posts:
Cyprus, The First Domino?
John Hussman: Bearishness Is Strictly For Informed Optimists
Robert P. Murphy: The Economics of Bitcoin
How Do You Take Your Poison?
Do Korea “experts” know what they are talking about?
Australia’s Carbon Tax: Lessons for the United States
Sticky Thoughts: The Market, Not The Government, Gave Us Super Glue
Is The Everything Bubble Ready to Pop?
Interview with Peter Thiel, the Popular Contrarian
BusinessWeek: The Death of Equities [1979]
2.7 Million Children Under the Age of 18 Have a Parent in Prison or Jail
The Road to Debt-Serfdom
The State of Cryptocurrency Mining
David Galland: Scenarios
11 Good Things for Liberty in 2013