(December 14, 2016 at 11:05 am)alpha male Wrote:(December 14, 2016 at 10:16 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It seems he thought the fire department was supported by bake-sales and charitable donations?
Depends where he lives. Around here, yes, the fire departments are volunteer nonprofit organizations that rely on charitable donations, raffles, bingo, etc.
In the small town/countryside where I live, we are indeed served by a VFD supported by donations and events-proceeds. We are also covered by the county fire dept which of course is funded by taxation.
In his case, his home was saved by a professional, public FD; hence my point about his eating his cake and complaining about it, too.
