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Firefighters watch house burn to the ground & do NOTHING!!*Update Pg 3 w/video.CNN & FOX now reporting story

 
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Firefighters watch house burn to the ground & do NOTHING!!*Update Pg 3 w/video.CNN & FOX now reporting story
Video at newslink..

County residence are required to pay a $75 dollar fee each year if they want the fire dept to come out if they have a fire..this older couple hadnt paid..

the fire dept refused multipy times..and didnt come out until the neighbors house caught fire too because they had paid the yearly fee.

The local news media was told to leave after fire dept called police because of protesters.


sad sad story... glad there wasnt someone in the fire like grandchildren or anyone for that matter


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Did i say socialism is sooooo bad our houses would be still staying.


What next? Police doing nothing cause you didnt pay some dollar?
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Did i say socialism is sooooo bad our houses would be still staying.


What next? Police doing nothing cause you didnt pay some dollar?
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all over $75 friggin bucks?? geez.. thats bad. but hells bells did you see that fire truck?

looked like it was from the 1940s or something..a bucket brigade woulda been better.
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That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.
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Soooo sad. Why is it coming down to this?
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That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.
 Quoting: manycoloredcrow


yeah but a pole barn is a little different that someones home..
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the creepy thing is that 911 knew right when they called that this family hadnt paid their fire fee

so theres a list... thats more than disturbing
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What about all of the property taxes these people pay every year?
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Soooo sad. Why is it coming down to this?
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because $$$ is the real God of the populace

many will kill for it and sell their bodies for it

hence, mercenaries/hitmans carrying out assassinations because the $$$ was good

your daughters dancing nude in a strip club or selling their bodies in escort services because $$$ is good
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I bet those firefighters were blaring this shit while they watched:
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the creepy thing is that 911 knew right when they called that this family hadnt paid their fire fee

so theres a list... thats more than disturbing
 Quoting: Indigo~Luna

Only in america,it is one messed up country.damm G would pack up and leave if I lived in the usa
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That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.


yeah but a pole barn is a little different that someones home..
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True, but to a farmer whats in the barn keeps the home theirs. I'm sure he had insurance on the equitment, but to a farmer time is essential.
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What about all of the property taxes these people pay every year?
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theres a city fire department..if you could call the small town a "city"...but theres no county fire dept and if you have a fire the fee has to be pre-paid

i say at the very least they should have went out and done their job..charged the homeowners the whopping $75 bucks and then maybe fined them a little more..

hell anyone would be happy to pay a fine with the fee to save their home...
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Re: Firefighters watch house burn to the ground & do NOTHING!!*Update Pg 3 w/video.CNN & FOX now reporting story
That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.


yeah but a pole barn is a little different that someones home..

True, but to a farmer whats in the barn keeps the home theirs. I'm sure he had insurance on the equitment, but to a farmer time is essential.
 Quoting: manycoloredcrow


yes a farmers pole barn is different that just a pole barn on a property...

so basically where you live the F.D. is screwed up as well..
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He KNEW he had to pay each year and didn't...only himself to blame.
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What about all of the property taxes these people pay every year?



theres a city fire department..if you could call the small town a "city"...but theres no county fire dept and if you have a fire the fee has to be pre-paid

i say at the very least they should have went out and done their job..charged the homeowners the whopping $75 bucks and then maybe fined them a little more..

hell anyone would be happy to pay a fine with the fee to save their home...
 Quoting: Indigo~Luna




NO. The fire dept. wanted to make an example out of the old folks. That way fewer people will decide not to pay. Kinda like how mobsters run extortion rackets.

Gee whiz, I wonder who set that fire in the first place?

Don't look to hard or you might find out it was someone wearing a badge and boots.
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Did i say socialism is sooooo bad our houses would be still staying.


What next? Police doing nothing cause you didnt pay some dollar?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1035843

Your right, The anti Gov. crowd are just sheep following the corp propaganda.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.(Wizard of Oz).
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That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.
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Protection fee; hmmmmm. Sounds like something the mafia engages in.
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Re: Firefighters watch house burn to the ground & do NOTHING!!*Update Pg 3 w/video.CNN & FOX now reporting story
What about all of the property taxes these people pay every year?



theres a city fire department..if you could call the small town a "city"...but theres no county fire dept and if you have a fire the fee has to be pre-paid

i say at the very least they should have went out and done their job..charged the homeowners the whopping $75 bucks and then maybe fined them a little more..

hell anyone would be happy to pay a fine with the fee to save their home...




NO. The fire dept. wanted to make an example out of the old folks. That way fewer people will decide not to pay. Kinda like how mobsters run extortion rackets.

Gee whiz, I wonder who set that fire in the first place?

Don't look to hard or you might find out it was someone wearing a badge and boots.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1110949

yep, i think the firemen should have put it out anyway...and check to see how much politicians salaries are
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i dont understand.

98% of this site is against any form of socialism, yet the fire department is a socialist system.

so when its changed to a capitalistic system, and people can not pay, then you get mad??!?

is this not what we want?
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Did i say socialism is sooooo bad our houses would be still staying.


What next? Police doing nothing cause you didnt pay some dollar?

Your right, The anti Gov. crowd are just sheep following the corp propaganda.
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I believe it's the other way around.

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the mayor, fire chief and the city manager should be in jail for accessory to arson
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They shouldn't have let the house burn down.

But this is typical of so many whiners in this country. They want government services but start screaming "socialism" when they have to pay.
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UH I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT ALL THE CITY TAXES WERE FOR?
DO THEY HAVE TO PAY A FEE ALSO FOR A COP TO COME OUT?

HELL YEA IM YELLING!!
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They shouldn't have let the house burn down.

But this is typical of so many whiners in this country. They want government services but start screaming "socialism" when they have to pay.
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Local firefighters are not a part of "government" services. They are paid through state and local taxes.
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Not too long ago, back in the 50's and earlier, you PAID for your fire protection to a PRIVATE company. There were choices and the likes too.

Yet, to me, it is un-American to watch a house burn down if you have a fire-truck on the scene. Budgets or not, that is an eye-for-an-eye and totally old-school.
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who's to say the firemen don't start some of these 'unpaid fee' fires??!!... this in beyond inhumanity... hope they all get called out to a ground zero incident and they perish... ALL of them!!!!! Bastards!!!
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Re: Firefighters watch house burn to the ground & do NOTHING!!*Update Pg 3 w/video.CNN & FOX now reporting story
The fire dept did the right thing.

The property owner had a free choice to be part of the fire district or not. No unfair across the board tax, with perhaps 0.20 cents on the dollar reaching the fire department.

This is exactly how it works where I live (rural america)- low taxes & you can choose to belong to the fire district or not. You can also choose to have a stone house with a metal roof & not feel the need to be part of the fire district.

This is how the American fire departments were established 250 years ago, and still the best way to run them -

Freedom of choice has responsability and consequence.
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greedy bastards redface
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That happened to a neighbor's pole barn..You must pay a fee for protection of stand alone structures, he didnt it went up in smoke.


Protection fee; hmmmmm. Sounds like something the mafia engages in.
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Government IS the Mafia.





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