whatever the foam fixation they can get on the spending more money than can ever be believed fixation. guest: right. well, one thing would allow an out, is in the cities are covering a 60 percent recycling rate. but would would monitor that? who would dole out the fines? neil: there is that. and i talked to a number of environmentalists and they say tell joe next time you see him the foam cups will be around for centuries. i cannot prove that but a foam cup is very hard to degrade or to die on its own and it will be here millennium after man leaves do you feel guilty about that. guest: i think maybe over the long term there should be other items to look at but they are not there yet. and, ultimate textually, foam now can be recycles and people
paying volunteers to walk door to door and we and one of the arguments that the bush administration made is we don t have to pay our volunteers. our volunteers believe in the cause and of course, we went on to win. it s not just unions. out in california, some environmentalists are paying $10 an hour to stand outside and protest the use of foam cups and plastic bags. essentially, that is rent-a-crowd. where s the passion for the other story we mentioned earlier, about if you can make it on the effort honor roll, these are the kinds of jobs you can expect to get. the other thing is this is indicative of how, you know, the country is stuck in a deep recession except there is a building boom in washington, d.c. i mean, if any you know. there s so many cranes operating out there. there s a lot of construction jobs. yep. in washington thanks to our taxpayers. the largest real estate market in america is on the suburbs of washington, d.c. virginia has posted budget