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Andy Hall

On 2006-12-06 13:54:50 +0000, David Hansen
said:

On 6 Dec 2006 04:39:40 -0800 someone who may be
wrote this:-

and bizarrely, some people want these folk to have a monopoly on their
waste services!

There is only one "minor" flaw with your assertion. Councils don't
have a monopoly. Unlike the situation with gas and electricity bills
some years ago any householder can contract with any supplier to
deal with their waste.

However, as with roads, education, defence and many other things the
householder will not get a discount if they don't use the government
provided service.

So a monopoly.

Private armies seem not to be appreciated for some reason, so let's
leave that one aside.

However, if I use a toll bridge or toll road I pay for them, otherwise I don't.