OMG!!!  I was reading stories on the Internet today and came across one that was unbelievable.  This small town in TN where the people who reside outside the city have to pay a fire fee.  The fee is $75.00 and if you don't pay it and your house catches on fire then the fire department won't come to fight the fire.

Read one story here and then a different story but in the same area here

Ok here is my problem.  In both stories the fire department was at the scene but only to make sure the fire didn't spread to properties who had paid the fee.  How does this happen?  I understand it is a rural area, but how could someone who dedicates their life to fighting fire just stand by and watch this.  I looked up the city and compared it to ours and there are not many differences.  We live outside the city but still have a volunteer fire department.  I wonder if there were people inside these homes and couldn't get out if the fire department would still stand by and watch....this is ridiculous.

Make no mistake, if I lived there I would have paid the fee, but I also could afford to pay it.   I have a feeling most of the people who don't pay the fee are people who are living under or at the poverty line.  Where 75 bucks wont make or break me for some people that is a lot of money.  I also assume these are people who can't afford home owners insurance so they are now probably homeless and  have nothing.  It's ashamed that a town could sit by and watch someone loose everything for 75 dollars.

Some days I just don't know what this world is coming to...