Life in "Progress" City

From the Queen city of Cincinnati, who hasn't had a republican mayor since the earth was flat (as reported by Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth").............

Cincinnati, your city leaders really want you to recycle a lot more – so much so that they’ll spend more than $3.5 million to lease 64-gallon, wheeled recycling carts as the city struggles to cope with a $28 million deficit.

A majority of council members voted Monday to approve a 10-year lease.

That might seem like bad timing, but proponents say the carts and other recycling expansion plans – including participation incentives – will make the recycling program more effective. The plan should save the city money long term, they say, in less cost at the landfill and reduced expenses for trash pickup. Next year, four fewer trash trucks could be needed, saving more than $950,000.

So that's mathematics "progressive" style; spend 3.5 million to save $950,000.

No wonder the city is broke.

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