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A cop is walking his beat on the streets of "City A" and see's a tourist that comes from "City B" getting beaten up by a thug. The cop knows that the person from "City B" doesn't pay taxes to "City A", so therefore the cop stands there and watches the person get beaten.
What a great story of penny wise and pound poor. What a foolish old man.
Now why in the hell they could not have just put it out and then charged him $750 or $7500 for the service is beyond me.
You might be a Redneck if the fire department watches your house burn down because you didn't pay $75.00.
That leads me to another question. Why did they even show up if they weren't going to do anything?
Fires spread quickly. They probably showed up to protect the property of those who paid the 75.00/yr and who have the misfortune of living next to a boneheaded cheapskate who thinks he knows it all and you probably cannot tell him anything.
Did you even go to the link and read the article or watch the clip? The fire sevice is provided by the City of South Fulton. When you call 9-1-1 you are calling a government agency for the City of South Fulton.
The house in question wasn't in the city. The owner paid no taxes for this service. He had the option to contract for this service, but made the choice to save the $75 per year. Seems he made a bad decision.
If they accept taxpayers money they must serve everyone.
If they accept no taxpayer money they should not have an area
They owner should sue and own their trucks
They don't have an area, they have residents who are members of their fire prevention service.
This isn't a political issue, people should take an active role in securing their own homes. This job belongs to nobody but the home owner, it's called taking responsibility for your self, your home and your family. This man didn't do that properly and was aware that he didn't.
Yup, basically he opted out of the $75.00 insurance fee for fire protection. Sometimes a garden hose is not enough to get the job done. Ever wonder why so many folks out in rural areas have a pond out behind their house? It is for the pumper trucks to get water to put out a house/barn fire.
Fires spread quickly. They probably showed up to protect the property of those who paid the 75.00/yr and who have the misfortune of living next to a boneheaded cheapskate who thinks he knows it all and you probably cannot tell him anything.
That was why we were to respond to this kind of situation. Also, it typically isn't know if the house in question is covered until after the firefighters are toned out. They have to respond under the assumption that it is until things are sorted out.
75 bucs a year is cheap for fire protection, but I doubt this is their only source of funding. Usually they get grants from federal, state and local governments.
A cop is walking his beat on the streets of "City A" and see's a tourist that comes from "City B" getting beaten up by a thug. The cop knows that the person from "City B" doesn't pay taxes to "City A", so therefore the cop stands there and watches the person get beaten.
SAME SITUATION!!!
Nope, it's a membership system because the area can't afford to support a tax based system probably because of all the rural outlying areas.
If they accept taxpayers money they must serve everyone.
If they accept no taxpayer money they should not have an area
They owner should sue and own their trucks
No, they must serve the taxpayers, not "everyone", especially not those outside of the taxing district. It's not fair to the taxpayers if they serve those that did not pay, either by taxes or the contract fee.
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