> said towns which pay for their own police, etc. Yeah they don't. At least not the way you're implying. e.g.: - That rural town in Maine (Passadumkeag) tha

> said towns which pay for their own police, etc. Yeah they don't. At least not the way you're implying. e.g.: - That rural town in Maine (Passadumkeag) that basically shut down because its sole clerk couldn't survive on $13,000 annually. - There's plenty of state and federal money in local government. Texas, for instance, will use state funds to ensure a minimum level of school funding even in rural areas. - Some places don't have much in the way of services. For e.g. Timathy Taylor in Klamath County, Oregon. The sheriff there has three (3) officers to patrol 6,136 square miles.