[goodwithagun]

Your attack on my paragraph break would indicate that your argument is weak and that you are trying to draw me away from it by attacking something that has nothing to do with the topic. If you no longer want to discuss the fire issue, post a thread about writing etiquette within FR.

[GonzoGOP]

You asked if I read the post. I was showing that i did.

As to the firemen I have no issue with hard nosed capitalism, in fact i greatly prefer it. But everyone should be absolutely clear on the concept. A pure capitalist fire department could not possibly be worse than the city bankrupting union mess we have here in Chicago. I would love if government services were cafeteria style, and everyone could see what it is that they are paying for. I would love to stop paying for the public schools that my kids do not use and that i would never send my kids to.

But if the choice is made to run the fire department as a business, then it must be treated like any other business. No special respect or privileges. Competition would be allowed, at least so far as bidding for the annual contact. No more bilking the taxpayers for inflated pension payments.