Firefighters watch house go up in flames - Page 2

*Cure* · 10-06-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I don't know about the laws where you live, but here if you don't pay your utilities or your rent and there are children on the premises they can't evict you or turn off your services.

Huh. So what's to stop those people from not paying ever? Do they eventually take the child away or something?

*Storm Eagle* · 10-06-2010, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

Now...I can't seem to find the information, but some people are saying there were pets in the home that burned alive while the Firemen watched.

Sure....they were animals ( I would have been devastated had they been mine) but would they have stood by while a human burned alive in that home? Makes you wonder...

That's the part that saddens me the most.

*Eiko* · 10-06-2010, 09:40 PM

What is the world coming to is money that more important than a life. I lost my house to fire 4 years ago now being in Australia the fire fighters came as fast as they could. We don't have a $75 bill to pay. Just really sad that that had to happen to that poor man.

**Jester** · 10-06-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

Huh. So what's to stop those people from not paying ever? Do they eventually take the child away or something?

I'm with the Other Kevin here. It's the same here. If you have a person in the home who is on oxygen, then they can't shut of your electricity (which sounds like a decent thing to do.) but what's to keep them paying the bill? It's a catch 22.

*plastroncafe* · 10-06-2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

Huh. So what's to stop those people from not paying ever? Do they eventually take the child away or something?

I believe there's a certain amount of time and then the landlord/company takes it to the courts to decide. But I'm not entirely certain about that.
It varies state by state, but there's usually good resources online if you're curious about what is, or isn't, legal in your neck of the woods.

*Storm Wolf* · 10-06-2010, 11:10 PM

The thing is....IF he had payed his bill every year before (as he stated) Then it's a good indication that it really did just slip. I mean....why the crap would you pay every year and then just....stop? Not to mention it's not even the end of the year yet....he still had time to pay up. Even most insurance companies have a "grace period" for late payments.

I dunno....it just seems heartless to say he deserved it....

What I don't understand is how there is a tax....isn't that what your property taxes go to? Around here the property taxes cover that sort of thing.

*BubblyShell22* · 10-07-2010, 09:36 AM

While I agree that he should have paid his bill, he didn't deserve to have his house burn down like that. As for people with no insurance, some hospitals can put people on a payment plan where they have to pay so much money a month. My sister's been on one because she has no insurance.

*plastroncafe* · 10-07-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

What I don't understand is how there is a tax....isn't that what your property taxes go to? Around here the property taxes cover that sort of thing.

This is how Tennessee has decided to lay out their civil services, by privatizing them. Really, it's a Conservative/Libertarian wet dream sort of scenario.

*Katie* · 10-07-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

This is how Tennessee has decided to lay out their civil services, by privatizing them. Really, it's a Conservative/Libertarian wet dream sort of scenario.

Not all areas do that in Tennessee. Usually fire districts (and this is the case with this particular district) occur in rural unincorporated areas. The fire department of a nearby incorporated area (city or what have you) takes responsibility for the district. The fee is how these city fire departments pay for the additional wear and tear on their equipment, etc. Some counties allocate the rural property taxes to the fire districts. Some charge fees. Apparently this one charges a fee.

I live in Nashville. We don't have to pay the fee because our property taxes pay for our civil services.......but in these rural areas, they have lower tax rates and have to pay for other services. It's very common in southern rural areas.

*Buslady* · 10-26-2010, 09:10 AM

WTF no public services there???

I have never herd of paying a annual fire protection fee, that's rediculous. That's paid via taxes...normally.

So they let some animals die and a house burn....assholes.

10-06-2010, 09:40 PM	#23
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	What is the world coming to is money that more important than a life. I lost my house to fire 4 years ago now being in Australia the fire fighters came as fast as they could. We don't have a $75 bill to pay. Just really sad that that had to happen to that poor man. __________________

10-07-2010, 09:36 AM	#27
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	While I agree that he should have paid his bill, he didn't deserve to have his house burn down like that. As for people with no insurance, some hospitals can put people on a payment plan where they have to pay so much money a month. My sister's been on one because she has no insurance. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

10-26-2010, 09:10 AM	#30
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	WTF no public services there??? I have never herd of paying a annual fire protection fee, that's rediculous. That's paid via taxes...normally. So they let some animals die and a house burn....assholes. __________________