[raw_anon_1111]

My attitude is “despicable” by my saying “take my federal and state tax dollars and help communities so they can pay for firefighters and equipment”?

[logsr]

they aren't "your" federal and state tax dollars. if you want to privately provide welfare for PE out of your own pocket, go ahead, but leave the public's tax dollars out of it.

[raw_anon_1111]

You did see the parts of the article where the same fire departments aren’t able to pay for equipment like fire trucks and training firemen?

Would you be okay if the software companies were charging the same amount and not funded by PE? What if they were funded by YC?