Fire Department Watched Gene Cranick's Home Burn Down, never lifting a finger.

Gene Cranick lost his home when firemen refused to help because he forgot to pay his $75 fire department fee. Keith Olbermann ran out of time when the guy just started fill us in on the horrific details.

This is, as Olbermann states, what privatization looks like. Cold, unforgiving and inflexible.

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