Today’s real-life example of a dark and terrible future

[W1nTry]

They probably went to make sure no one else who paid had their house caught ablaze actually.

Plausible, but then rural area.. I doubt it. They went to make a statement which shows bad mind

[Mez]

well in any event, they are required to show up.
All in all, its $75 per year, thats negligible. Sheer laziness. To me its a perfect example of 'the kind of thing' that should happen to people who don't pay their taxes like the rest of us.

To relate it in Trini Terms. PH Taxi's dont pay the H taxes that they should, yet they perform the same service.

[Mez]

and if it's a very poor neighborhood as I see some of ya'll posting then to me its like not having health insurance car insurance. If shit happens and you're not covered you've got yourself to blame.

[woodyear99]

Looks like this is fairly common since the policy has been around for 20 or so years


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/t/no-pay-no-spray-firefighters-let-home-burn/#.Tt-mWGMk6nA


Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee.

Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat.
"They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the family home. As it grew out of control, the Cranicks called 911, but the fire department from the nearby city of South Fulton would not respond.
"We wasn't on their list," he said the operators told him.
Cranick, who lives outside the city limits, admits he "forgot" to pay the annual $75 fee. The county does not have a county-wide firefighting service, but South Fulton offers fire coverage to rural residents for a fee.
Cranick says he told the operator he would pay whatever is necessary to have the fire put out.



His offer wasn't accepted, he said.

[Arcmanov]

It might seem harsh, but the money to run these departments has to come from somewhere.

$75 a year for such an essential service doesn't seem too crippling.

Still, they coulda give a 'bligh' just that one time.

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