I live in a university town, and haven't seen that. Maybe our students are poorer than the ones in your town. If I did see that, I'd consider it a windfall, and scarf that stuff up. Dave Mc
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > "I have to disagree with it because you don’t destroy good usable > things that still have a purpose for no reason whatsoever other than > trying > to artificially boost the economy." > > Straying only slightly more off Vanagon topic, the waste is what some > of us see and it is visible in lots of places, and it hurts. Try a > college town when summer rolls around, and check the dumpsters for > computers, bikes, furniture, clothing and more bought with daddy's > money and deemed too troublesome to pack up and move or even to be > donated. > > Stephen |
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