As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, South Fulton Fire Department firefighters from Obion, Tennessee, last week stood by and watched as a family’s home burned down because their services were available by subscription only, and the family had not paid the $75 fee. Now, local news station ABC 7 is reporting that the Republican dominated Obion County Budget Committee met last night and has decided to expand the subscription-only fire service to additional towns. According to documents prepared by the county in 2008, a paltry 0.13 cent increase in property taxes on each household would be all it would take to fund fire services for the towns within the county.
13 cents a year to help a neighbor keep their house from burning to the ground? Too much for Republicans it seems. A wealth transfer we imagine they would call it. Maybe socialism.... In any case these people need a visit from Scrooge's ghosts.
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