Millionaires begging for money

[Macky]

In most if the US fire brigade is essentially private and you have to pay insurance to have coverage. They can literally watch your house burn down if you haven't been paying insurance. Or they will battle the fire and then bankrupt you with fees

What's the deal if your neighbours house is burning down and will likely cause damage to yours but they don't have fire insurance? Would your insurer go and put their fire out for them?

 

[Rroff]

What's the deal if your neighbours house is burning down and will likely cause damage to yours but they don't have fire insurance? Would your insurer go and put their fire out for them?

It varies massively across the US, a lot of built up areas the fire services are paid out of taxes but in some rural areas there are various models for how they are funded. Generally if a fire is threatening to spread in such a context it would be put out but the home owner(s) would end up paying significant premiums on any future insurance, in some places the neighbour would be charged a few hundred to a few thousand for the call out.

The kind of scenario DP talks of AFAIK only happens in a small number of backwards kind of places, not a normal thing in the US.

 

[shifty_uk]

I just have one question, the hell happened to this dudes face? Looks like its melting because of the heat.

 

[tamzzy]

So can the same be said for every single charity drive? Should celebrities not help them by using their fame to increase reach?

:edit: Just seen your point about pledging to match, who says they don't? It's a bit crass to declare you're donating and they're already giving up their time which is worth more than almost anyone would donate.

Are they really giving up their time? Or are they being paid so entice us mere mortals to part with our hard earned cash whilst they enrich themselves?
If they were really donating I'm sure we will hear no end about it just for them to enhance their fame/clout.
Just food for thought

 

[EdGey]

The poor person handing over cash to rich streamers was a thing before any fire started - it's pathetic. I personally know several poor people who donate to uber-rich twitch streamers all the time.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Some dude in China donated tens of thousands to some woman just so she can call out his name on stream, it ruined his life, his family's life. He cleared out their savings to do it and he was eating nothing but plain food just so to be able to do it.

Some people are weird.

I have never donated, my account is not linked to it, never set it up. I do get 1 free prime sub a month so I just use that on a single channel I watch the most that particular month.