The problem at hand is antisocial behavior, not how garbage service is handled in Oakland. Giving my neighbors effectively free garbage service wouldn't meaning

The problem at hand is antisocial behavior, not how garbage service is handled in Oakland. Giving my neighbors effectively free garbage service wouldn't meaningfully address it. You can't just keep giving them free things and hope they'll magically turn into productive citizens, especially when 'free' really means "paid for with someone else's money." They just laugh at you and take the handouts, just like they laughed at me for being such a sucker that I paid my bills every month. This is the reality of dealing with antisocial behavior, and it would behoove more commentators (and policymakers) to familiarize themselves with it.