Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search 447
sonchat writes with news that Nevada's "Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said." Though in some places charging for the cost of a search effort is routine, apparently in Nevada it is not.
Taxes! Taxes! Taxes! (Score:3, Informative)
Now, to answer your question "why the fuck are you taxing me". Well, OK, maybe you deserve free search and rescue. But only a tiny part of your taxes goes to toward emergency services. A good chunk goes to things like roads (you own a car, right?) education (OK, you already got yours, but where's that fancy job of yours if there's no ongoing supply of well-educated new hires?) law enforcement (having a mugger arrested is free) food inspection (you eat, right?) and a lot of other stuff I'm sure you actually use.
Actually, the biggest single item you get from your taxes is a military establishment that costs more than the rest of the world's combined. I happen to think we could do without that, but I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority on that issue.