Then there are no libertarians or conservative Republicans during house fires. Imagine if you had the option to opt-out of protection from the fire department and could save roughly $75 per year in taxes. Sounds like a pretty fair deal to me. Would you take that risk?
Well, a family in rural Tennessee found out when they repeatedly refused to pay the option for fire protection from the closest municipality in South Fulton, Tenn.
Well, guess what? That $75 of freedom per year pretty much bit them in the butt. Now I would have probably put out their fire and had them pay every fee they owed plus a massive late fee, but that's not how insurance works, does it?
I'm sure my fellow conservatives will agree, they didn't pay for the service then they shouldn't get it. That family got to be $75 more free than any of their neighbors from South Fulton, who didn't have a choice whether or not they were going to pay for the fire department, they just had to.
Was it worth it? I don't think so...
Hat tip to Ezra Klein for his post regarding the incident and how it relates to the GOP's bluff about repealing the healthcare mandate.
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