Scott asks:
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On
these things, I'm very much a "user pay" advocate (including, if
you'll
recall and earler thread, agriculture, which you seem to want to
support).

Why not for health care and schools too?
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Wow! That's a simple one. Because healthcare and schools are, in my
world, fundamental "rights". Further, on the water issue, while I'm in
favor of metering and user pay, I would provide some basic amount
"free". I'm interested in metering for purposes of reducing waste.

Ditto, garbage collection: a basic amount of garbage (for purposes of
public health and safety) collected for free, and then a user fee above
that amount. Again, I want to charge those being wasteful.

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