Comments on: Is a Trash Case a Precursor to a Health Care Decision? http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/is-a-trash-case-a-precursor-to.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 16:17:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Stokes http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/is-a-trash-case-a-precursor-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-7772 David Stokes Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:18:36 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21707#comment-7772 @ rudytbone, No, people in unincorporated St. Louis County do not pay taxes toward trash at all, under the old or new systems. The old system left it completely up to individuals or neighborhoods to contract for trash service. The new system bid out areas to companies, and then people were required to use the company that won the bid. The above lawsuit determined that a person who does not generate trash can not be forced to pay a private company for trash services. So, they don't have to pay privately or publicly for trash, which is good since they don't generate any. @Papillon, There aren't any public trash dumps in the county - just private landfills and transfer stations. And yes, if you try to dump there they make you pay, and will refuse you if you don't. I don't think any of the landfills are focused on the general public though, just the trash companies. @ rudytbone,
No, people in unincorporated St. Louis County do not pay taxes toward trash at all, under the old or new systems. The old system left it completely up to individuals or neighborhoods to contract for trash service. The new system bid out areas to companies, and then people were required to use the company that won the bid. The above lawsuit determined that a person who does not generate trash can not be forced to pay a private company for trash services. So, they don’t have to pay privately or publicly for trash, which is good since they don’t generate any.

@Papillon,
There aren’t any public trash dumps in the county – just private landfills and transfer stations. And yes, if you try to dump there they make you pay, and will refuse you if you don’t. I don’t think any of the landfills are focused on the general public though, just the trash companies.

]]> By: rudytbone http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/is-a-trash-case-a-precursor-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-7770 rudytbone Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:43:07 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21707#comment-7770 Doesn't the person pay taxes to pay for the public trash dump? If a private dump, they can charge him a usage fee. Silly. Doesn’t the person pay taxes to pay for the public trash dump? If a private dump, they can charge him a usage fee. Silly.

]]> By: Papillon http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/is-a-trash-case-a-precursor-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-7763 Papillon Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:01:58 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21707#comment-7763 If the person shows up at the hospital/trash dump with no money, would the gov refuse him service? If the person shows up at the hospital/trash dump with no money, would the gov refuse him service?

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