Firefighters Let Home Burn Over Unpaid Fee

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Yes seriously. How come the 30%-50% of my income that goes to the government isn't being used to pay for fire service in my area? How come that instead of trying to find out where I am the operator has to verify weather or not I paid a due, which for all I know could have been lost in the mail? Certain things need to be free market and others need to be socialism or whatever you want to call it. Fire service in and of itself should not be run by any free market policies.

No disagreement here. The system sucked. I haven't argued that it doesn't. I am simply pointing out what so many people seem to forget. The fire-fighters operated within the system that was setup. If you want to argue that the $75 subscription fee is dumb I'll completely agree. It shouldn't be left up to individuals to make payments like that. But if you want to argue that standing there watching it burn was somehow "obviously" the wrong choice I can't agree.

How are you going to stay in business when no one feels like they can trust you anymore? Look at all this national exposure. Do you think anyone is going to want to fund these guys after this? They would have been much better off reaching a settlement after the fact like every other subscription service in Tennessee. They sacrificed long term financing for short term gain. Instead of getting a first round pick in two years they decided to take a 7th round pick this year.

This is also true. it is also 100% hindsight.

All I want to argue is that what they did that day was try and make the best decision they could giving the crappy choices. Don't fault them for that.