i see this as a subscription service: you pay for what you get. If you don't subscribe to the service, why should you expect to get the service?
if you can't or won't pay for the service, what is your justification for wanting it after the fact?
don't overcomplicate things by saying that you can get the service now and pay later under some scheme or other. all that does is offer an "out" for a lot of people currently paying into the sysdtem but would rather mooch - like this guy.
If I want a car, I buy one and pay for it. IF I elect not to buy the car, what mirhg do I have to whine when I may need one but dont' have one?
there is no basic right in America to be saved from one's own folly, is there?
Agree. Actually, I'm kind of liking my waiver idea better. My only concern is lawsuits. Does the fire department just not go to a housefire because they didn't pay, or do they park a safe distance away to make sure it doesn't spread to a payers property? And what if there is someone unconscious on the second floor of that seldom used burning vacation home? I don't believe in a nanny-state, but the damn lawyers do. So I can see the fire fighters fighting all fires, as they did the first time, and still not collecting all the $25 fees. Damed if you do, damed if you don't.