Do you think the carrot and stick method is the best in this situation Bingley?

The threat of a fine carries little weight to a person who has no money. Unless jail time is tacked onto that, then maybe. But then, how cruel would a government be if they jailed the poorest among them.

It's a bad situation all round, that's for sure.

I can see that offering incentives might work though. That is something that a poor person can benefit from at least.

I remember reading about a fly epidemic when I was young. I don't remember the specifics (I was young quite a while ago ) but I remember that the government offered kids a penny for every fly they brought in. I seem to recall that it helped a lot.