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Are they as efficient, bripat? Are they as cost effective? Do they service the community better?
Until you stop making profound sweeping statements of stupidity laughter sweeps throughout the hall.
Yea, that's it we need private fire departments. Yea, I can see it now, big dangerous fire, private fire department rolls up, takes one look and says; NO thanks. You all don't pay me enough to fight that fire.
What a stupid fuking idea.
Why shouldnt I embrace socialism? What do you have against the fire department? They cutting in on your dream of becoming a modern day Marcus Licinius Crassus?
The fire department allows its employees to retire at age 50 on a 100% pension. That's one reason many cities are going bankrupt.
Private fire departments are cheaper by several orders of magnitude.
Public fire departments are raping the taxpayers. Private fire departments do the same job for 1/3 the cost.
Why shouldnt I embrace socialism? What do you have against the fire department? They cutting in on your dream of becoming a modern day Marcus Licinius Crassus?
The fire department allows its employees to retire at age 50 on a 100% pension. That's one reason many cities are going bankrupt.
Private fire departments are cheaper by several orders of magnitude.
Public fire departments are raping the taxpayers. Private fire departments do the same job for 1/3 the cost.
Ok, you think firefighters should only be paid enough to cover base sustenance and after a career of hard grueling, life endangering work, you want firefighters to go curl up and die under a bridge? Theres only so many Americans you can hate before its fair to assume you just hate all Americans, so why do you hate America?
Collect enough taxes and your budget is balanced, its pandering to freeloading anti tax nuts that is bankrupting America.
Why shouldnt I embrace socialism? What do you have against the fire department? They cutting in on your dream of becoming a modern day Marcus Licinius Crassus?
The fire department allows its employees to retire at age 50 on a 100% pension. That's one reason many cities are going bankrupt.
Private fire departments are cheaper by several orders of magnitude.
Public fire departments are raping the taxpayers. Private fire departments do the same job for 1/3 the cost.
Ok, you think firefighters should only be paid enough to cover base sustenance and after a career of hard grueling, life endangering work, you want firefighters to go curl up and die under a bridge? Theres only so many Americans you can hate before its fair to assume you just hate all Americans, so why do you hate America?
Collect enough taxes and your budget is balanced,
its pandering to freeloading anti tax nuts that is bankrupting America.
don't pay bripat any mind. He's whats known as a rw "kool aid guzzler"
Laughter sweeps through the hall. bripat is so stupidly funny.
Waiting for competent documentation to backup his silly ass posturing.
For example, the Elk Grove district in rural Illinois put together a private fire service when they faced an imminent loss of protection by a nearby municipal fire department. They found that the private company was able to provide the service far cheaper than contracting with another local government. The private provider explains why:
Our first-year contract was $300,000, and we were providing the same level of service the consultant said would cost $1 million, Jensen said. We continue to provide service as good as that of our municipal neighbors, but because we are private, we can operate more efficiently. We save 30 to 40 percent over what a similar municipal department would cost to operate.
The savings come mainly in personnel. The fire district has 14 full-time firefighters and 28 paid-on-call firefighters, all of whom are privately employed. None is a union member.
We dont pay the insane salaries that our municipal neighbors pay, Jensen said. Our benefits are more in line with traditional industry. We are non-union, which gives us a lot more flexibility in dealing with our employees. Salaries and benefits are the big savings, but we [also] have a shop where we can rebuild and refurbish fire apparatus for our own use.
We save money in purchasing almost anything a fire department would use, just by shopping around. Were very cost-conscious. We watch every penny we spend, Jensen added.
As far as danger is concerned, it's a lot more dangerous to be a construction worker, or a miner, or a commercial fisherman.
If people can work these trades without a 100% pension at age 50, then so can firefighters. Let the market determine the wage and benefits earn. If the rest of us have to compete for our wages and benefits in the market, then why should fire fighters be any different?
As far as danger is concerned, it's a lot more dangerous to be a construction worker, or a miner, or a commercial fisherman.
If people can work these trades without a 100% pension at age 50, then so can firefighters. Let the market determine the wage and benefits earn. If the rest of us have to compete for our wages and benefits in the market, then why should fire fighters be any different?
And we are right back to "why do you hate so many Americans?", now you hate construction workers, miners and fishermen too? Richest country in the history of the world, and something as trivial as a floor on retirement is too much to ask for, according to you. I dont know why you're so giddy with anticipation to ensure that at least *someone* is living under a bridge when theyre too old to work.
The problem with the country aint that we arnt making enough old people work. I think you deserve to be able to retire comfortably after a lifetime of working hard, bripat, you should think so too.
But bripat, like so many of the so-called wannabee libertarians, live off the government teat.
The problem with the country aint that we arnt making enough old people work. I think you deserve to be able to retire comfortably after a lifetime of working hard, bripat, you should think so too.
You aren't entitled to retire on someone else's dime. You aren't entitled to a retirement 10 times better than most people have because you can bribe politicians.