Austin, Texas bans throwing away food... (fast food, Florida, tax, capital)

[rebeldor]

Originally Posted by Luciano700

So why is this pissing off people? Do you want to keep wasting food out of the nowhere?

Of course not--wasting food is a terrible thing.

However, using government to force people not to waste food at gunpoint is why it pisses people off.

[Luciano700]

Originally Posted by rebeldor

Of course not--wasting food is a terrible thing.

However, using government to force people not to waste food at gunpoint is why it pisses people off.

Well now looking at the bigger picture, I can kind of see now why this would **** people off


What if the food is contaminated? What if you're full and are about to vomit?

[Floorist]

So who pays for the extra employee who separates the food and trash from the plates?

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by rebeldor

People voluntarily compost.

This is another instance of the government mandating by force private businesses to do something.

Get it?

No, he doesn't get it.

[rebeldor]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

No, he doesn't get it.

They never do. It's numbing.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by Floorist

So who pays for the extra employee who separates the food and trash from the plates?

The business owner does which means the customer eventually does.

This is why it costs the government $20K for a hammer when it costs you $7 for the same hammer.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

Dedicated composting is a much better strategy.

I get that the OP is trying to make a hysterical point - but this is not really a bad idea at all.

It's not that it's a good or bad idea, it's that the government is standing over these people as they take out the trash.

In Seattle, they used to hand out their leftovers at the end of the night to the homeless on the streets...that is, until some busy body decided to claim that "someone might poison" or hurt the homeless by putting something in the food. Businesses were no longer allowed to give their food out to the homeless.

In Florida, you can't give food to the homeless unless the government allows it.

Many more places are like that:

http://nationalhomeless.org/wp-conte...haring2014.pdf

Share No More: The Criminalization of Efforts to Feed People In Need

Go to page 5 of that pdf.

Now in Austin, you can't throw it away, but you could give it to the homeless who are hungry.

I mean FFS, can the GD left make up their fricken minds what the hell they want?

[Pilot1]

Government over reach. Just like when they go through your Trash, and Recycling, and fine you for mixing things inadvertently.

[Luciano700]

Will this new law now reach into Round Rock's ground

[redwood66]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

Buckle up for this one...



https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/t...praise-outrage

Unbelievable.

It's only a matter of time before a government agent stands over you making sure you eat your carrots.

How much did the "private collection providers" pay/bribe the government for this law?