This is sad to me as I have always considered firefighters and paramedics the real hersos in our society. They train to enter burning buildings, handle hazardous materials, and perform all kinds of dangerous duties to save our lives and properties.
When I see this type of story I can only wonder just how screwed up our govenrments are to allow this to happen.
If this is about a fee then, frankly, this is about the government acting as a for-profit corporation and is unconstitutional.
Its a moral issue to me but I grew up in a small town where our local fire chief was an ass but he wouldn’t let your house burn down even if he had to put the fire out with a bucket brigade.
When I see this type of story I can only wonder just how screwed up our govenrments are to allow this to happen.
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Not about government at all. In fact - quite the opposite. We have CITIZENS deciding that NO. They don’t want government interference (fire department) being involved in their lives. This is a Libertarian wet dream.
These people have decided that they will handle fire protection on a private level basis.
They knew going in that they did not have big gubmint protecting their home. They knew they only need pay $75.00 to get fire protection. But they were stupid.
So. Maybe they need the gubmint to intervene in their stupid lives?