Reply #92: It is worth every penny

[Pithlet]

to have trained people that can fish any of us out of life threatening situations, whether they're deemed our fault or not. It's nice to know they're there for me and my family. Hopefully, we won't ever need it, but even if we don't, I don't begrudge a penny of it, ever. It's well worth it to live in a society where we don't just leave people on their own to die. I'm not going to whine and complain about that money just because the people being rescued aren't people I personally know or care about. They could one day be people I care about. I wouldn't want them condemned because some consensus was reached by a hardened society hell bent on saving a few bucks.