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Originally Posted by RichC
Do you not understand that an all voulenteer fire or ambulance service would fall under the catagory of Socialism ?
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I must not understand "socialism" then. Volunteer FD are citizen-run; they are not run by the State. They raise funds in a variety of ways. Most VFDs I know stage a carnival and raffles for fund raisers. I guess they apply for whatever government aid might be out there, but how does that make them socialist?
They were started and run by citizens--pure grass roots, bottom-up organization. The government, at no lever that I am aware did anything to help. In fact governments sometimes oppose them to win support of unionized fire fighters.
Explain, please, how they are socialistic.