Dominguez Family Rescued At Taxpayers' Expense

The Dominguez family, father and three children, were finally found after spending three days lost in the snowy mountains of northern California. Thank God that all of them were alive and relatively unharmed.

So, what terrible event placed those children in harm's way? Daddy had decided to drag them into the unknown to look for a Christmas tree.

In addition to dozens of volunteers, the search and rescue effort included the Butte County Sheriff's Department and a California Highway Patrol Helicopter. Bottom line is, not only did Fred Dominguez place his children at risk with his poor judgement, he cost the Butte County and California taxpayers a lot of money.

The news routinely reports stories of people who have committed stupid acts and have had to be rescued by some tax-funded agency. I think Dominguez and other people who deliberately get themselves in trouble should reimburse the taxpayers for saving their hides.