Mitt Romney in June: We don’t need more firefighters; FDNY tonight:

[TroyD]

Firemen search for people trapped in their cars at 14th street and Avenue C in Manhattan

http://instagram.com/p/RYq4oAK6yd/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Bunch of lazy, greedy union thugs.

If you have an iPhone, download the Emergency Radio app - you can listen to EMS/Fire dispatch in NYC and Brooklyn. It's just crazy right now.

I hope Mittens and all his disgusting little Randian acolytes get a clue about public employees - but I'm not holding my breath. Mittens wants to privatize disaster relief.

[Beartracks]

2. Because bean-counters make the best rescuers!!1!1!

I posted this elsewhere: By its very nature, disaster response is not really a profit-making activity. NOT responding is more profitable -- kinda like for-profit health insurance, which makes more money by DENYING care.

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