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Old 10-06-2010, 09:34 AM  
Tom_PM
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This is a glimpse into a possible future if you let people privatize services.

I've seen this guys live interviews on tv. First, they've put out fires before for people who hadn't paid the $75 under the previous fire chief. Second, the mans neighbor offered to pay the firefighters $500 to put it out, and this was after the man himself said of course he'd pay the fee or whatever they wanted. Third, many of the firefighters were in tears over not being permitted to put water on his house. Fourth, if people are saying "oh well, you pay or you burn", then what was the point of refusing all the money they were offered? Punishment? Thats against the constitution. The man SAYS he's paid it in the past and had no trouble paying it now, but it's just one of those damn things that he forgot about. Maybe someone here gets 10 notices to pay it, that doesnt mean this man got 10 notices and so we can assume he said "fuck it" or whatever the hell other fairy tales we think maybe a person might have said to fit what we already have decided. He says he simply forgot about it, and right now there's no reason to disbelieve it. Until there is, we should take his word.

Part of every penny you pay in county sales tax goes to the municipalities general fund, which includes fire department money. There should be no such thing ever, anywhere in america, as an ADDITIONAL subscription fee for a fire department! Thats not America. America tried this idea in the 1700's and it failed miserably as it does now.
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