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To: The Bronze Titan

Also, if 879 fire departments were sharing 30 million dollars in the past, that means on average they were getting only 34,000 a year from the state.

That’s not enough to pay for even one full time salary or one truck or even one squad van.

The huge bulk of their money was coming locally.


26 posted on 09/07/2011 8:44:50 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: xzins; The Bronze Titan
Also, if 879 fire departments were sharing 30 million dollars in the past, that means on average they were getting only 34,000 a year from the state.

That’s not enough to pay for even one full time salary or one truck or even one squad van.

The huge bulk of their money was coming locally.

Oh come on, you're ruining it for BT. It's so much more fun when people don't start thinking more deeply than the headline.

40 posted on 09/07/2011 8:53:33 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("A gentleman considers what is just; a small man considers what is expedient.")
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