Quote Originally Posted by blaknoize View Post
And to further this Universal Healthcare argument and to justify it. Why is it that our police and fire departments are owned and operated by government? It works just fine, if ur house catches fire, the fire department is sent out and take care of it. Just like if your in a domestic dispute that's boiling over into more than just talking trash our police force is sent out to resolve it or stop it. Would you expect the fire fighter to ask u if u had fire insurance on your home and if you didn't he'd follow up with a question on how you would pay for his service? If you didn't have a means to pay he'd just leave on to the next home that had it and put it out or would actually put your fire out then send you bill for his service. You know why he doesnt ask you? Because he is paid by all of us for the benefit of all of us when he is needed, just as our police officers.

How is it that we can accept the governmental control of those types of services but cannot accept that as a way to provide heath services to all of us? Hell, I may as well just start my own fire department and make money off people because I would solely insure places that are less likely to catch fire and insure everyone else at staggering premiums because they're in an area more prone to fires, like all of CA and TX and the heart of the country like KS, then once you catch fire I drop you or increase your premium beyond reasonable limits.

Doesn't make sense at all does it?

Actually, fire and police departments are local services, paid for through property taxes - after the citizens vote and chose to fun them. You obviously can move to ares in this state that do not offer either.

Recently, there was a story specifically about a fire department that chose not to put out a house fire because the owner did not pay a $75 fire service fee. They had it on the computer, so they did not need to ask him. He watched his house burn to the ground.
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local...104052668.html

You should watch the news more.