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To: expat_panama
should have a role in providing say, fire departments that don't ask you what credit cards you have while you kids are dying.

No, that's why you join or contribute to the local fire company. Remember those iron wall placques on people's chimneys ? All to let the local fire co know you support them financially, so you get good service. Don't want to contribute every year ? Then why would they want to help you. Rather pay taxes for service - so your contribution is "forced". Any way you look at it, you'll pay. I'd rather it be voluntarily. There are many creative ways around a problem if you leave people alone to find it.

193 posted on 09/01/2005 6:52:24 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: cinives
..that's why you join or contribute to the local fire company...  ...There are many creative ways around a problem if you leave people alone to find it.

I was just about to lecture you on how much more efficient tax-supported emergency services are-- fire protection in particular.  The problem is this is another of the situations where I find myself talking one way and acting the opposite.   In front of my house is a fire hydrant that I built, connected to a 3,000 gal. tank that I built.  We had a fire here a year ago and I got out of bed and put it out myself.   The reason is that the tax-supported local fire dept. is 20 miles away, and their equipment is five gallon backpacks and hand sprayers.

I'll take a pass on this argument.

378 posted on 09/01/2005 9:29:18 AM PDT by expat_panama
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