When emergency crews respond to a car or building fire in Passaic, a bill might soon be sent out. – cbslocal.com
Hmmm. Yeah. So it is “We’ll take your taxes so we can save your shiat, but if you actually need us we’re going to bill you for the cost of us having to roll for you.”
What, they penalize people for using services they paid for already?
When the Passaic City Council meets next Tuesday, Mayor Alex Blanco said what they will not decide to do is levy fees against people in car accidents or building owners whose structures catch fire.
What they will do is go after the insurance companies.
“If you are a policy owner, you are already paying for it — this fire department service charge provision,” the mayor told WCBS 880 reporter Levon Putney on Friday.
He said the fees would only be applied if claims are made, and no fees would be levied for those without insurance.
Does the Mayor just not get it? If I’m a homeowner, I’m already paying for it by buying the firetrucks and paying the firemen’s salaries.
If you charge me for it on top of that and send it to my insurance saying I’m already paying for it, yes, and I’m going to pay again. Three times in fact.
- Insurance premium
- Fire and emergency services
- Insurance premium goes up as insurance companies up their rates
The reporters says “Of course, a concern is that insurance companies will simply jack up their premiums.”
Mayor B responds:
“I feel that it would be unethical on their part,” Blanco said.
What would you bet that the mayor is and is surrounded by a bunch of liberal morons? An insurance company concerned about ethics?
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Reportedly, microbiologist Dr. Coypu as found a link between common bread mold and black mold. It is said that environmental stresses caused by common substances such as disinfectant, cat urine, and proximity to regular rapid heating and cooling cycles all can contribute to the expression of genes in a common bread mold that turn it into the much deadlier organism (S. chlorohalonata), with potent toxins and extreme tenacity.
This already makes it more difficult for people to have and feed children in the high-mold periods of spring and fall and we were very surprised to see a correlation with cat urine and disinfectant. Perhaps some combination – a domestic trifecta, if you will – is what is putting families with small children and pets at high risk. We are working closely with the CDC and NIH for both funding and guidance. This is serious.
Lemur King's Folly 
So many cities are spending so much money on stuff that’s not their job that they can’t afford to spend money on stuff that is their job.
Of the whole article about charging for fire and EMS services, I like this one best: “He said the fees would only be applied if claims are made, and no fees would be levied for those without insurance.”
So, once again, those of us who spend our money gambling on insurance will be penalized, and those who do not spend money will free-lance from those of us who do. Just like the upcoming healthcare plan, car insurance, etc.
And the EMS and Fire units in most small cities don’t charge at all. Why does this city with paid services and equipment triple-charge?
Sigh.
” An insurance company concerned about ethics? ”
i suppose it’s possible, after all they aren’t polititions. 😉
Ahh! Dr. Coypu has come out of retirement and is once again hard at work pushing back the foreskin of science!
Mozeltoff!
I laughed and blinked three times once I caught the graphic imagery. Well done. Well done.
Actually talking with Dr. Coypu is impossible – he’s that elusive – but when he comes up with something it must be shared.
I wonder if this emergency charge will be tied to the healthcare insurance crap?