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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:17 AM Original message |
Put out the fire and charge the owner the FULL COST of the service. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is this another thread about American Idol? |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks for kicking it back to the top. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Anything I can do to help the cause of redundancy |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Maybe you could start your own thread... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yawn. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. +1. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. they did that and people didnt pay. cost goes up to take to court and still |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. No the fee was extortion...don't pay it your house burns down... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LOL. Gimme something for nothing, else you're EXTORTING me! |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. He pays taxes...The city is just being good Capitalists... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Are you joking? The guy who refuses to kick in for fire protection is the "collectivist hero" in |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Set by and let a man's house burn down and you are no hero... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. do you pay local taxes? that covers FD services. they do not have local taxes |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Fucking Cheap Southern Republicans would rather charge a fee... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. there is not a FD in this county and they do not pay local tax for FD |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Then they should charge a tax for the public good. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. who, the city in another state should charge their people public good tax to cover county in another |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Extortion? Please. These people chose for their government to do this. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The government chose to extort a fee rather than levy a tax. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. the county made this choice and the people of the county. the outsourse for service |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Other states charge taxes for rural service. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. you eally dont get it do you. the county asking for service refuses to tax. |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. local gov'ts are tired of unfunded mandates .nt |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. and then what? Put a lien on the house for nonpayment? Get paid never? |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's what happens with many other services. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Who pays for the equipment and men in the mean time? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. if your job is to take care of the city, who pays the local tax that provides the service |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. A lien on a heap = a whole lotta nothing. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Agreed. That is the smart way to handle non subscribers. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
29. Is the contract fire department the only fire department in the fire district? |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. Maybe you should read some of the other threads.. this was already tried. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. 50%. that high. i knew it had to be high. 50 fuckin % wanting service not paying, putting burden |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. How do you calculate the cost? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Agreed... |
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