THE PRICE OF SURVIVAL INCREASES

The Jacksonville Journal-Courier reports that South Jacksonville is considering higher fire subscription fees. This is just another way to drain the pockets of people who have nothing left to give. It is the slow extraction of wealth from the rural outskirts.

Basic safety is becoming a subscription service. If you cannot pay the fee, you do not get the protection. This is the logic of a dying system.

The features of this decline are simple.

• Higher costs for the same level of decay.
• The erosion of the basic safety net.
• The systematic punishment of rural residents.

There is no way to avoid the coming costs. The money is being taken. The infrastructure is rotting. We are just watching the bill arrive.