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Firefighters let a home burn down because $75 fee wasn't paid!

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BeauJangles said:
They should take some responsibility for not paying for the fire protection. Your outrage should be directed at the county as a whole for failing to make this fee mandatory, not at the fire department for doing its job.
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The county or city should not be able to pick and choose who get fire protection based on a fee (or even ambulance services), or risk losing all of the counties state and federal fire department funds and lose all the counties fire departments certifications if it does press the issue with fire department fees and failure to provide service. It will be up to the state legislature or the state attorney general to force the issue at some point if enough people complain.
 
Zorkorist said:
Yeah, this is how we treat the homeless, the bankrupt, and those whose house burns down.

The function of Government, and Government Services, is to help the people that need help.

It's not like we don't pay taxes to give the Government the resources to help people.

If you have a problem that this guy didn't pay his $75 extortion fee, take him to court.

But to let his house burn down is capricious and irresponsible. Not to mention, inhuman.

-John
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We are capitalists. Homeless has no place in the US...sorry. If you go bankrupt, you rebuild. There is enough shelter in the bankruptcy system to give someone a head start.

I think you are living in the wrong country. If you head down to Miami I am sure you can find a boat to Cuba.
 
alkemyst said:
We are capitalists. Homeless has no place in the US...sorry. If you go bankrupt, you rebuild. There is enough shelter in the bankruptcy system to give someone a head start.

I think you are living in the wrong country. If you head down to Miami I am sure you can find a boat to Cuba.
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Sorry, but not since they changed it.
 
Narmer said:
And if the house had a person in it? What if the home had dangerous chemicals or explosives? What if there was a clerical error? If this is libertarianism then I want no part of it. It's too primative. There are certain basic services that government should provide and fighting fires is one of them. No wonder libertarianism is never taken seriously in the real world. It just isn't compatible with civilization. It's advocates are no different than the frauds on Wall Street that preach individual responsibility but go running to Uncle Sam everytime they get into trouble. The difference they're willing to destroy everything in order to prove a point, unless when it comes to their own well-being (see Rand Paul).
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Old post I ran across in a search, but some good points. Reminds me of the ~100 House members ready to 'burn the house down' now voting against any debt ceiling increase.
 
Sounds like a buttload of firemen and some city accountants need pink slips so they can be replaced by people who actually serve the community.

Is it any wonder all our jobs keep disappearing in America? We are clearly not seeing the trees, the forest, or anything else for that matter.
 
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