hal2kilo
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- Feb 24, 2009
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Isn't this the entire reason why firefighting in the US has been a public service? Historically fire-stations were run privately. In major cities like New York, multiple fire-stations would receive a call, show up at the doorstep, and then haggle with the owners for pricing. If the owner couldn't afford to put the fire out, they'd sit back and watch. This caused a few unruly fires in some major cities! It seems to me this in many ways was fairly similar. The owners of the house were willing "to pay any cost" to get them out, but because they hadn't paid prior couldn't.
Granted, this is a rural Tennessee county that for some reason hasn't built in the funding for their own fire-station. Why they aren't forced to pay the $75 annually I'm not sure. You aren't well protected if one or two of your neighbors have skimped out and can't receive the service until the fire is on your property.
What kind of backward S...hole can't get their citizens to cough up $6.25 a month in added taxes for everyone to be covered.
This is your future if you vote for the tea party philosophy of everyone for themselves.
