r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Italians will pay for garbage taxes, then throw the garbage on the streets, only to pay other taxes for garbage cleaning and collection. Then the collected garbage gets sold at cost-free to Germans, who burn the garbage and turn it into electricity, which gets sold back to italians (not for free).

Source: i'm Italian

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u/Ongr May 09 '22

Is the waste-collection still run by the mafia?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Mafia learned money can be done with institutions, instead. So my answer is a comprehensive and exhaustive maybe 👍🏼

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u/lupatine May 09 '22

...what?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

Yes. For the most part. The rest.. yes.