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Libertarians and the free market? Isn't this story about a government-run fire department?

• tptacek 16y ago
  No, it's a story about a municipal fire department that had a business relationship with surrounding unincorporated communities.
  • Semiapies 16y ago
    Aren't both these points true?
    • tptacek 16y ago
      No, because the fire department in question had nothing to do with the government that represented these homeowners, just as the fire department of Rockford, IL has nothing to do with Oak Park.
      • Semiapies 16y ago
        How does that make false the fact that the municipal fire department is run by a city? Government agencies at local and state levels make arrangements like this all the time without somehow ceasing to be run by the relevant government. How are "libertarians" and the "free market" involved?
        • tptacek 16y ago
          They aren't involved, except to the extent that the South Fulton PD made the mistake of offering market-based coverage to residents of surrounding areas when they should have just kept to their own city.