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We have the U.S. Forrest Service here helping us as well as firefighters from states all across the nation. When we're looking at the rural areas, there
is no tax base out there to fund the fire services. We set priorities of life and property protection. We can effectively response firefighter safety damage assessment and maximum public awareness. We really have to take a defensive approach to fighting these fires and getting that message out to people that could be in harm's way is the best we can do right now. We all see fire as a tool that we use in order to harness. But what we're dealing with are just shear forces of the nature.
This is probably my most important message today: I'm gonna need your help. I can't afford to have all of you as bystanders in this debate. I want everybody to be in the game. I want you to hold me accountable. I want you to hold all of Washington accountable. There’s a way to solve this deficit problem in an intelligent way that is fair and share sacrifice so that we can share opportunity all across America.
What we are doing now is two different things that we are very excited about. First, when you report something, you don't have the option to just report it to Facebook. You can also report it to a family member or a mentor of some other kind. So you can start that conversation. As a parent, I wish that my kids would have that easy way to say I saw something online that hurt me that one of my friends did. How do we deal with it? For the parents, don’t just get that in their inbox.
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