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>Gee you left the military and fire/police off? Yeah, life is funny. You think you know it all when you're 16. When you're 21 you start to doubt, and by the time you reach 30, you figure out that nobody has it figured out!

No, she is fully cognizant of our tax dollars going for the police, fire, county hospitals and free clinics, animal control, wildlife protection, pet shelters, etc. As you know, a LOT of ex-military join the police force and I interact daily with police and fire departments in a professional capacity. I didn't think it was necessary to list here online all the necessary recipients of our tax dollars that I discussed with her. In fact, we had cause to file a report a week ago and a friend of ours showed up to take our statements when he saw the name. One of the recipients of our annual donations is the local voluntary fire department in our area.