Fire should be paid for with property tax. Police and medical should be paid for by other taxes (probably also property tax but there are other solutions).[1]

Fire should be paid for with property tax. Police and medical should be paid for by other taxes (probably also property tax but there are other solutions).[1] None of them should be paid for by income tax. I live in a state with no income tax that receives no federal funds (to the best of my knowledge) for fire and police yet I still have service... go figure... [1] Oddly enough as against taxes as I am, I don't think someone should have to pay a month+ income to get an ambulance ride to the hospital but that is a whole other can of worms unrelated to this article.