Hmm I see the first US house has burnt down while the firefighters stood around and watched, cause the family could not afford the %75 'standover fee' to subscribe to the service. They probably also could not afford insurance too...

Now once enough of them are burnt out, they will happily go to the 'Soylent Shelters' .... problem solved ... all part of 'the plan' ....

Many years ago, Fire Brigades WERE private subscription, and you put a shield on your patch to show them they could fight your fire, cause you had paid. It was those bloody trouble making 'bleeding heart liberal left wingers' that insisted that the fire fighting was a 'Public Service' to stop the whole damn city burning down. At least we're not back in earlier times (yet), the only way to stop a fire spreading was to pull down th ehouses surroundins it...

Trust me my friends, what with the imminent decline of Civilization, God will punish us all for our sins and those times will return!

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