Did anyone here the story of a company in Houston that offered to pick up all of the abandoned vehicles and pay the city of New Orleans $100 each? Good old C Ray blew off the businessman. Now the city is paying someone over $1000 each to have the vehicles removed. and the idiots in the city re-elected him.
It isn't all profiteering here. Labor costs are through the roof. I can get $10 and hour to flip burgers and $15 to stock shelves. Would you pick up trash for $7.50 and hour? The day labor rate is $200 a day and up. I'm glad I moved 50 miles away. On 8/29/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is your feeling about profiteering? I don't like it. > > I don't mind paying high rates (remember that it is MY tax dollars > paying). I do mind paying exorbitant rates. And I especially mind > paying exorbitant rates to out of town "carpetbaggers". > > There is a difference between making a good profit, and making a > ridiculous and obscene profit > > There is a difference between bottled water that sells for 99 cents in > normal times going for $2.00, or even $3.00, or even $5.00, and that > same bottled water going for $10.00. > > Tax dollars should never be used to pay that sort of markup. For any > reason. > > That's my feeling. > > On 8/29/06, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Moving trash has always been big money thing. Don't send troops who can > do > > something that makes money for their local economy. Their going to need > the > > tax rev. We don't make money with migrant workers, Iraq or other things > to > > that nature, our troops are without a better way to say it (better off > doing > > that type of work). > > > > I understand this was a disaster and everything but hey, where there is > > money to be made, why do something for free. At least we can't ship this > off > > shore! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
