re: #249 iossarian

You can’t have it both ways. Either it’s good that some people are able to opt out of fire (or health) coverage, or it isn’t. I think it isn’t, and you seem to be agreeing with me.

No, I think these people made a decision and it turned out they made the wrong one. That doesn’t mean that now everyone should be forced to make a decision the government believes is “correct”. These decisions affect no one but the people involved, just like seat belts. People make mistakes, sometimes it’s sad, but that isn’t an excuse for more government involvement.

They didn’t “opt-out” they decided not to “opt-in”. Their house wasn’t located in a coverage area for fire protection and they chose not to contract for that service.