Okay, I think I have a winner here..................................................................................

[Gino]

Not rude, that's survival. Anything goes in a snowfight. Worse than a street fight, cause it's so danged cold.

 

[ikarasu]

The thread went off rails, and I realized the simplest way is to just agree to disagree on some things, so why argue about it on the internet But the whole paying taxes / funding schools when you don't have kids dragged me back...

Part of being part of a society is contributing to it....

Whether you have kids or not, it benefits you to have everyone in the country educated. The better The Country does... the better your company / You do. If 25% of people didn't goto school or get educated, they wouldnt make any money... or would make shitty money, and the economy would suck. Crime would go up because people would have less choices... Educating people is in your best interest, whether you have kids or not.

It's the same with gas taxes - Check out what your state is using the money they make from gas taxes on. I bet you a good portion is going towards public transportation like busses.... I never take a bus, should I tell them to shove it and only charge me a portion of the taxes that directly benefit me?

People pay taxes for fire departments, police departments... Most people will never need either of them.


Everyone should pay taxes and contribute to society. Sometimes it sucks, but it sure beats going back to every man for himself.

 

[Boudica]

Not rude, that's survival. Anything goes in a snowfight. Worse than a street fight, cause it's so danged cold.

there's a little guy in the back who thinks it's pretty rude

 

[Gino]

He's next.

 

[Gino]

Ya know what's really interesting............ all the blood on both of them and not a single drop on the ground/snow. No yellow snow, either. ;-)

 

[Boudica]

What snow? Looks like sand to me. but your right - there should be puddles of blood there.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

Y No yellow snow, either. ;-)

Cuz I beat you to it, yummy.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

That thing about not needing fireman reminded of this.

Tennessee Family's Home Burns to the Ground as Firefighters Stand and Watch

Firefighters aren't afraid to crash through windows and doors to douse flames, but a Tennessee family's failure to pay a $75 fee stopped firefighters dead in their tracks as a home burned to the ground. South Fulton, Tenn. firefighters stood on the sidelines, watching as flames engulfed Gene...

abcnews.go.com

 

[MNT_Printhead]

You guys are messing with my ad feeds, its getting ugly

 

[Notarealsignguy]

That thing about not needing fireman reminded of this.

Tennessee Family's Home Burns to the Ground as Firefighters Stand and Watch

Firefighters aren't afraid to crash through windows and doors to douse flames, but a Tennessee family's failure to pay a $75 fee stopped firefighters dead in their tracks as a home burned to the ground. South Fulton, Tenn. firefighters stood on the sidelines, watching as flames engulfed Gene...

abcnews.go.com

On the bright side, I bet the taxes are low there

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

You guys are messing with my ad feeds, its getting ugly
View attachment 169506

I can't even open this page in public because of the ads I'm getting. It's horrible

 

[JBurton]

Y'all see

That thing about not needing fireman reminded of this.

Tennessee Family's Home Burns to the Ground as Firefighters Stand and Watch

Firefighters aren't afraid to crash through windows and doors to douse flames, but a Tennessee family's failure to pay a $75 fee stopped firefighters dead in their tracks as a home burned to the ground. South Fulton, Tenn. firefighters stood on the sidelines, watching as flames engulfed Gene...

abcnews.go.com

This is dumber than sh*t. Here's a quote:

South Fulton has had the "pay to spray" policy in place for more than 20 years, and the fees -- which often cover police services, too -- are fairly common in rural areas. Without implementing complex tax arrangements to cover cash-strapped city budgets, there are simply few other options.


"If the city starts fighting fires in the homes of people outside the city who don't pay, why would anyone pay?" said Jacqueline Byers with the National Association of Counties.

So, instead of writing up some taxes and billing by address, they want every individual homeowner to pay a subscription type model? So the guy with 5 acres and a guest house pays the same as the guy with 1/4 acre and a trailer? And the fireman have to reference a log of delinquent accounts before doing anything? More to the point, what if someone had died. Would the folks on site not be liable? (I'll reckon they would be, as well as if the fire spread to another paying residence, hence their need to 'stand on the sidelines and watch')

 

[Notarealsignguy]

Y'all see

This is dumber than sh*t. Here's a quote:

So, instead of writing up some taxes and billing by address, they want every individual homeowner to pay a subscription type model? So the guy with 5 acres and a guest house pays the same as the guy with 1/4 acre and a trailer? And the fireman have to reference a log of delinquent accounts before doing anything? More to the point, what if someone had died. Would the folks on site not be liable? (I'll reckon they would be, as well as if the fire spread to another paying residence, hence their need to 'stand on the sidelines and watch')

The thought process probably went something like, I'm not paying that, what are they gonna do? Sit there and watch my house burn down if I don't?
It's not a new problem but it has always been a disaster.

Experiment in Private Fire Protection Fails for a Westchester Village (Published 1998)

Rye Brook, NY, decides to part with Rural Metro Corp, private company it hired in 1996 to provide fire protection, and hire its own firefighters three months after $1 million home was destroyed by fire; Mayor Salvatore M Cresenzi says experiment was not success; he and other officials say story...

www.nytimes.com