Firefighters let house burn down over $75

[richardhutnik]

sapphi_snake said:

richardhutnik said:

I think here, to bring up something Cenk said (the guy speaking in the video), there is a time and place where community is an important reality.  Putting out fires is a community concern, and has to be taken care of.  If you have an issue that is a county issue, then it needs to be resolved there.  I believe that the concerns of the community here override whether or not someone is a cheapskate or not.

The person acting against the community is the guy who doesn't want to pay the tax. He's the selfish one who's only out for hiw own interest.

There are individuals with a libertarian bent in their life philosophy, who believe communities are a myth and the only thing that exists are individuals who negotiate contracts among themselves.  They don't want to live anywhere others make demands on them and they have to go along with what the group says.  Ayn Rand's "enlightened self-interest" fits into this.