Another Austerity consequence
For decades they have been underfunding/underpaying for many of our basic service that are supposed to be fully funded by our taxes- The wealthy do not want to support public services- they prefer to hire their own providers or just buy the hospital where they get their cancer treatments thereby assuring they get everything they want the way they want- the rest of us just have to find a way to make do with less so they do not have to pay their fair share all the while gobbling up every stimulus/subsidy dollar they can find- we are funding their largesse and in turn they call us 'moochers' and leave us out to burn (literally)
Private Firefighter Crews Save Wealthy Homes From Wildfires As It Becomes Harder To Save The Poor’s
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/30/2699911/privatized-wildfire-fighting-inequality/