The U.S. Coast Guard has actually done that; it has billed people for some nautical rescues.
After the fact.
Get them saved first, even if you have to use government resources and taxpayer Dollars.
171 posted on 08/29/2005 2:07:03 PM PDT by Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)