Man house burn down, while the fire dept watch because he

Surely the blame is on the ridiculous notion of small government and not wanting to pay taxes for things like this?

Old shit is old.

I keep see that pic everywhere... old shit is old.

@doswillrule

we pay taxes so we can have police and fire services, this weird place charges a extra fee to save your house or kids from burning up.

Who're the 'we'? I realise most places aren't this retarded, but you mean to say that they have to pay extra insurance money on top of taxes? I assumed it was the old 'transferring responsibility from corrupt government to devolved bodies' spiel.

Fail

Not to be the heartless one here, but if the clear cut policy is that you have to pay the $75 for the service, then you shouldn't get it if you don't pay. That's just the way capitalism works. Now, are the firefighters assholes? Probably. Doesn't change the fact that they were following established rules. Should they have saved the house and then just charged the family? Again, probably.

In all seriousness though, fuck yea, 'murika!

I'm not sure what's going on but here that states fire departments don't f around and put that mo foe out with water and what not and they don't send you bill LOL

Wow.So the guys house is smoldering, they come on time, he says "Hah, well I'm not paying" And the firefighter's just go..."Weeeeell....then fuck this shit~" Really? Thats so wrong..

is putting out the flame without going inside isn't possible? Or the economy is just that bad, so they can't afford to waste some extinguisher?

Way to miss the point.

All for one and none for all
More money for the rich
Equality fails here
Retirement happens when you're dead
Ignoranance is a way of life
Can't pay GTFO
Ask for mercy and you'll get none

Nope it's so bad you cant afford to loose your job =/


But yeah....living that libertarian dream...so fucking great. =(

If you're in the states, that's because most states/counties have you already covered through taxes. In your local county, taxes gets taken from your paycheck and that kind of stuff is used towards fire safety. This situation is unusual for it to happen and that's why it made the news.

But yeah now of course since the whole world see's it everyone will assume it's like that everywhere in the states. As if there isn't anything wrong with other countries ;p America is just a big fat kid people like to poke fun at so they can feel better momentarily about their country :)

Yeah, but banks dont repeatedly give them chances, and to add on, their interest system generally results in an inability to pay back. I'm not advocating removing interest, but when its pretty obvious that a family is struggling to pay even that interest, concessions must be made
Yeah, the families are at fault, but are they really going to stand there doing nothing about the fact that people's lives are being ruined? Yeah, self survival and all that crap, ruins any sense of morality. And anyways, its not like saving the house would result in being fired and whole families being destroyed. The family who didn't pay was wrong, but you can't just ignore them because of that, and pin excuses about needing to support your family because you would still be able to regardless of whether you saved it or not.

Of course it's unusual, but any assumption that this is commonplace wouldn't be without precedent. State government and its power in autonomy is only used by a handful of countries, i.e. very few worldwide have the power to implement something like this. When we see politicians passing retarded laws in this vein it's more highlighting a general flaw in the (otherwise decent) political system and all its nuances, than it is lampooning 'stupid, capitalist Americans'. It's a rare incident within its field, but this kind of thing could only happen in America.

Most banks do, in fact, give many chances for them to repay loans. And it is not uncommon FOR concessions to be made. Some don't, but they are much rarer. So yeah.

Saving the house would have probably resulted in them being fired. I've seen and heard of people fired for similar actions, so yeah. And that doesn't even cover the liability issues. Cause there are assholes who would sue those people FOR saving their house. Don't doubt it.

But no, people can sit here and judge. But the majority of people would do the same thing in the same situation.

Not siding with the pathetic excuse for a country but just pointing out, the stabbing happened in Jamaica.

The stabbing did but the hospital women and the rest all happened in america i believe.

Whut?
The stabbing was in America too...

@Kalistean
Thats true, but then that goes for everything else. If you are an office worker, and you were runnning late for your job, and you saw a guy that got shot on the sidewalk, would you just leave him? Because that guy can sue you, or you can lose your job because you were late. Yes, I know people who have lost their jobs because they were late once, although it was really late.
Of course, this and that aren't the same thing, but your words can be applied to a broader area