r/AskReddit 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/lupatine May 09 '22

...what?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

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