"basskisser" wrote in message
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Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:
I agree. If folks put themselves in harms way intentionally and end
up
needing rescue they should pay the bill. But that should not stop the
effort to save a human life.

I don't know about you, but around here we pay taxes just for those
things. You are putting yourself in harms way every time your furnace
turns on, risk of fire, you know. You are putting yourself in harms way
when you go outside and get your mail, you are always at some sort of
risk. So, again in these parts we pay taxes for fire departments,
emergency services and such.


Not the same. Intentionally putting oneself at undue risk is not the same
as
everyday going-about-your-life risks. (Unless you're a whiny ****bag
"everyone should pay for my mistakes and welfare"
run-the-****ing-country-into-the-ground and
sue-everyone-that-has-any-money
Socialist, I guess)

Need a rescue because you were in an auto accident? Sure thing.
Need a rescue because you were going 110 mph trying to drag race or
outrun
the police? Not on my tax bill, pal.

Need a rescue because your pleasure boat ran aground or ran out of gas?
No
problem.
Need a rescue because you ran through the "graveyard" around Tierra Del
Forego during the stormy season while trying to set a world record? Sure
thing- here's your itemized rescue bill.

You are intentionally putting yourself in harms way every time you get
in your car, go outside to get the mail, get on a plane, go to the
grocery store, plug something into a receptacle, anything.


OK but if you are injured and need help who pays?
1) If you are in a car accident you pay car insurance for just such a
mishap. So in reality you pay.
2) If you go outside to get the mail, slip, and fall you have home
owners insurance or medical insurance. So in reality you pay.
3) If you slip and fall in the grocery store - well this is a little
tricky but either your insurance or their insurance will pay. If it is
their insurance - you pay because they charge you a little more on the price
of food for their premiums.

etc... etc...

It just happens that most folks plan on something happening and get
insurance to protect themselves. It doesn't mean that the get out of the
jamb for free it just means that they paid into a pool of money (insurance
company) that expects to pay out every once in a while. Did he have
insurance? I think he did. He had a sat phone and a super EPIRB. He also
had a provisioned life raft and a provisioned boat for a round the world
sail. It sounds to me that he was ready for mishap.

Will he get a bill - I would think so.