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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsso, right-wing dummies, ya want privatized fire services? good luck with that...
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)I wonder if the home owner was charged for the attempt to put out the fire. And I wonder if they sue your homeowners insurance if they get hurt trying to fight the fire. Just wait till fracking contaminates the water and they end up making the fire bigger and with deaths.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)That was proposed by the Alien of Florida. Use convicts (don't have to pay them at all), and then the local government can charge the homeowners for the "service".
Wounded Bear
(58,726 posts)private fire fighting companies that ran past burning buildings to other sites because they didn't have contracts with them.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)The fire chief rolls up to your home, has once of those iPad's with a credit card thingamajig attached to it, does a quick credit check, then takes your credit card to pay for their services, all before the contract firefighters are allowed to attach a hose to the fire hydrant (attaching the hose costs $175)...
Quantess
(27,630 posts)It will stay on the 1st page longer.
Indeed - good luck with that.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I thought that we've evolved beyond the Gangs of New York level of firefighting in this country.
Now I have to that I was wrong.