Should cities own and operate recycling programmes?

摘要

Nobody I know likes to pay taxes. And many people think that at least some agencies of tax-funded governments are inefficient or even unnecessary. But most people realise that modern society would be unlivable, and probably unsustainable, were it not for revenues obtained from taxes on income and/or consumption (plus fees for mandatory government services that usually feel like taxes). Imagine living without public works (e.g. roads, bridges, airports, reliably drinkable water, sewer collection and treatment, and storm water management systems), police and fire protection, judiciaries, parks, libraries, and schools, all of which rely on a predictable steady stream of taxes paid by citizens and businesses in support of government programmes to maintain a civil society.