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To: sergeantdave

With no property taxes, who do you call when a fire breaks out in your kitchen?

Do property owners buy personal firetrucks?

I would call the fire department who shows up in their brand new trucks, with police in their brand new SUV’s, and the police and fire department supervisors in their brand new vehicles. All of their vehicles, with 15,000 - 30,000 dollars worth of emergency light kits on them, can then be seen from space.

It is too bad we do not privatize services such as fire and police. It would be far less expensive.


73 posted on 06/11/2024 7:55:25 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: Racketeer

It’s not the often-volunteer-based fire dept eating up our hard-earned money. It’s the schools. Who do you call when your kids break out in illiteracy and leftist propaganda? Can you call the tax office for a refund?


106 posted on 06/11/2024 9:01:08 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Racketeer

There are private Fire/EMS services in some parts of the country..like Rural Metro.


107 posted on 06/11/2024 9:02:00 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Racketeer

“It is too bad we do not privatize services such as fire and police. It would be far less expensive.”

What happens if your private police want to arrest me for smoking a joint, but my private police insist that smoking a joint is legal and I can’t be arrested?

Do we each hire private judges to litigate the matter or do we engage in a duel?


112 posted on 06/11/2024 9:25:56 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: Racketeer

Volunteer Fire Departments, they work in small towns. Hire just a few full time workers, and quit sending them out on ambulance runs.


162 posted on 06/11/2024 11:48:59 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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