"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:15:56 -0400, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:24:44 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>In an earlier post in the thread about homeless people rummaging
>>>>in recycling bins set out for collection, there was an interesting
>>>>article in the "New York Times" this morning entitled, "Is It Now A
>>>>Crime To Be Poor?"
>>>
>>> It is if they are stealing. I have a contract with the garbage
>>> company not with them.
>>>
>>I really don't understand this. What harm are they doing you?
>>
> I already said it up thread. Our garbage bill is reduced however
> slightly the following month if the garbage company gets enough
> recycling that actually makes them money... which is the same
> recycling they steal.
>
I see. I missed that up thread. You must really need the money if you
begrudge needy people your trash. Ugh.