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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
While I understand the need of the community to have everyone pay the fee.... why send firefighters to the scene to watch the house burn? ... Anyway, what the heck do our taxes pay for if not these public services when we need them?
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Read the story again. You seem to be overlooking the point. The firefighters were there to protect the guy that DID pay his $75. Can't blame them for that. And the city taxes that pays the fire fighters that are from the NEXT town.
I live in the country. I gladly pay my fire protection fee as it's fairly nominal. I also pay a private service to come haul my trash away. So why doesn't my neighbor complain that the trash service doesn't get his trash too, since he didn't buy the service but the trash truck drives by his house anyway? Same principle of what people are saying about firefighters standing around not providing a service they aren't getting paid to do. They weren't standing around for the guy. They were standing around ready to protect his NEIGHBOR who ponied up the fee. They did their job. Don't like it? Move to the city or pay the $75.
Why doesn't the insuance companies run the same way? If you don't buy gap insurance for your car if you need it, and have a wreck, why can't they be good Joe's and cover that too? You can pay them a little more after the fact and all will be good, right?
Sorry, you can't have it both ways. Pay or go up in flames. Choice is yours.