Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Makes me want to Scream...

I can't wait until the Privatization of all government services means I have to pay the police a fee to arrest the burglar breaking into my home:

A family is left without a home and with 3 dead dogs and a dead cat, after the South Fulton Tennessee fire department refused to put their house fire out since the family didn’t pay a $75 fee to warrant their services.

The Cranick family, who lives in Obion County, next to South Fulton forgot to pay a $75 yearly fee for for fire service. Obion County does not have a county wide service, so they rely on South Fulton’s fire department to respond to any fires, but only if the homeowners pay a $75 fee each and every year. The Cranick family forgot to pay the fee, so the fire department refused to respond to the emergency call.

The fire department eventually showed up, but only to put out the fire that had spread to the neighbor’s yard, watching the Cranick’s house burned to the ground. “They put water out on the fence line out here. They never said nothing to me. Never acknowledged. They stood out here and watched it burn,” said Gene Cranick.

Seriously... THIS is supposed to be better than taxes???

What if the Cranicks had a goddamned baby rather than mere dogs and a cat that burned to death in this fucking fire??? America is so fucked in the head right now to allow this shit to happen - watch the fucking rightwinger coalition rationalize it next - I am ready to leave here and never come back.
This is beyond my ability to comprehend.

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