Man Robs Bank and Demands $1 Just to Get Free Health Care in Jail
- Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:26am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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“I prepared myself for this,” James Richard Verone told the Gaston Gazette from behind a thick, glass window at the Gaston County Jail last week. But the jail might as well be called Verone’s free ticket to health care. At least that‘s how he’s treating it, and why he decided to rob a bank to get there.
See, Verone lost his job with Coca-Cola a few years ago and eventually became a convenience story clerk. That led to some aches and pains, a limp, and major pain once his arthritis flared up. He also found a protrusion in his chest. He went to see if he qualified for disability, but he didn’t, only food stamps. He didn’t want to burden his family with taking care of him, so he decided to do the next best thing — get you, the taxpayer, to pay for him. How’s that done? By robbing a bank, getting sent to jail, and getting free food, shelter, and medical care.
So he did. But there’s a catch: when he showed up to pull of the heist, he only demanded $1.
The Gaston Gazette describes the crime:
Then he had another idea: commit a crime and get set up with a place to stay, food and doctors.
He started planning.
As his bank account depleted and the day of execution got closer, Verone sold and donated his furniture. He paid his last month’s rent and gave his notice.
He moved into the Hampton Inn for the last couple of days. Then on June 9 he followed his typical morning routine of getting ready for the day.
He took a cab down New Hope Road and picked a bank at random — RBC Bank.
Verone didn’t want to scare anyone. He executed the robbery the most passive way he knew how.
He handed the teller a note demanding one dollar, and medical attention.
“I didn’t have any fears,” said Verone. “I told the teller that I would sit over here and wait for police.”
The teller, however, did have some fears even though Verone never showed a weapon.
Her blood pressure shot up and once Verone was handcuffed by police, the teller was taken to Gaston Memorial Hospital to be checked out.
Verone said he was sorry for causing the woman any pain.
Because he only demanded $1, Verone has only been charged with larceny instead of bank robbery. Although that’s still a felony, it could carry less time in jail — something Verone worries about.
Still, he has a plan if he gets off easy: he’ll rob a bank again.
“If I had not exercised all the alternatives I would be sitting here saying, ‘Man I feel bad about it,’” he told the Gazette.
“I knew that a felony would not hurt me. I cannot work anymore,” he said. “That felony is going to hurt my reputation.”
(H/T: Gawker)
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Comments (109)
sbenard
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:01pmAre you sure that’s not Ben Bernanke? It sure looks like the Chairsatan, “Bubbles” Bernanke!
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:29amit s sad to see the intents that a old sick man has to go to just to get medz for his illness
Report Post »scjeff
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:26amIf he could have held out a few years he could have committed the crime of not buying health insurance!
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:55amThis guy is on to something
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:52amJust me or does he resemble Martin Sheen in “Gettysburg”? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107007/
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:47amViewing some of the heartless comments on this thread reminds me why I’m not a Republican. Republicans have no heart and Democrats are control freaks. Both parties are literally in bed with each other and outwardly pretend otherwise. I can’t judge this man but I know desperation when I see it. Doctors too have taken do no harm to the level of not treating anyone unless they have the money to pay them. I don’t have an answer that can return us to the time when we actually cared for our neighbors and fellow human beings. I guess that won‘t happen until after the age of man’s rule has ended. :)
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:29amThank you for your comment, it was the only one I saw that offered any sort of a compassionate view. Considering that I assume that the demographic of the posters on this site are Americans and Christians, the posts give me no satisfaction of being either.
Matthew 7
15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:48pmI am a republican and my heart goes out to this man as well as my prayers. I am regularly disgusted that hard working people are continually left behind for health care. it is an awful system in place and unfortunately obama care will just make it worse. something has to be done to allow people medical care I cannot believ how much money was donated to help haiti, but our own countrymen without cancer treatments? no lets sweep them under the rug
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:42amQuick! Make this man Secretary of Treasury!
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:37amDesperate people will do desperate things. It’s time to end this madness. Let’s get out of all foreign countries and let them fend for themselves for a change saving us billions on defense. Lets reduce our Military numbers as a consequence and put the remaining folk along our borders to protect the motherland. Let’s tell the rest of the world, if you even sneeze the wrong way, you will be offed. Let’s renegotiate or repeal the idiotic trade agreements that have caused our jobs to disappear (Ross P’s big sucking sound comes to fruition; yes I voted for him since I refused to vote for Bush Sr. again at that time; Voted Michael Peroutka instead of W as well on his second term since he was pushing CAFTA). I’m sorry; conservative I am, but not w.r.t. these idiotic trade agreements. You can’t compete against someone getting $1 a day unless you are willing to make the same. I’m tired of us being the worlds military and police force and this has got to stop. Bad people exists in this world and have existed since the beginning of time. It’s not our job to remove these guys. Most importantly, we not only have lack of opportunities now (mainly due to the idiotic trade agreements), but we are literally nearly out of money too and we have to stop spending our way into oblivion. Add tariffs, and I will guarantee the jobs will come back (because we will have to make our own stuff again). ‘Nough said. :)
Psalm 109:8 (prefer the King James version)
Report Post »Pastor Ray
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:29amAMEN! If it ain‘t Broke don’t fix it! And the perfect KJV 1611 has been great for 400 years now!
Report Post »alabamasweet
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:51pmEver thought of running for president! My thoughts run along the same lines! And we certainly cannot be the only ones wondering why our own borders are not secure. Our sovereignty is most assuredly at stake and all other issues will fade back as less important when one realizes that without our freedoms nothing else will matter. Free speech allows us the right to comment today. It is most important for all Americans at this time to stop arguing over small matters and get together in a real way over the more important matters at hand. If we love our constitution and what it stands for we need to stop special interest and stand for those things we were told our country was built on.
Report Post »However, it may be too late for common sense. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was to be for all people not a few. Too many times it is not what you know, who you are, what you stand for; but who you know. For the love of money is now greater than LOVE of life so it seems. God help us.
RLTW
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:36amThe man is just quickening the progressive plan; soon it will feel like we’re all in prison.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:28amIdoit……any hospital must take you and give you medical care, if all illegals can get Free medical care..then you can….
Report Post »chickenfried
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:12pmJust a suggestion…when calling someone an idiot, spell it correctly.
Report Post »hi
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:28amActually you and individual can go to the county hospital and get free treatment if one don’t own property. We do have a parachute in place for those who really need it.
Report Post »hi
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:35amWhat the heck!! I sure didn’t re-read that one before hitting the reply button!! Let me redo that: An individual can go to county hospital for tx if he doesn’t own property.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:24amworking the system…just a little more work when you are white….multiply this by millions…..nuff said
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:21amthis is just plain sad, That many have come to this to be able to get free room and bored. You wonder how many are in jail and are not upfront why they comited their crimes. not only that the Judge should have done something and so should have the lawyers…
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:21amThis, so called man, is a shiftless, lazy bum period. He wasted his life and his resources for many years. Then he wants the nanny state to care for him. Where is his family and his neighbors, if he had cared for them, they would most likely be there for him now. I live with pain daily but I still work. If he can walk into the bank, he can work.He has a bad attitude about life and that my friend is his fault. We need prisons where the work is 10 times harder than a real outside job. Whatever become of forced chain gangs in prison? Send him to Sheriff Joe Arperro. Sheriff Joe should be in charge of all Federal prisons.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:08amJohn, your full name, John 3:16 (For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.) must be a joke to you. You must be a liberal, being sarcastic with that biblical name you took. This man had a job, sounds like for many years with Coke. He lost that job, it happens in life, but rather than welfare he took a clerk job that probably has no benefits. Here’s a major news flash for you John, guys that look to be in their 50s and older aren’t the first pick for those doing any job hiring. There’s no tax benefit for the company, because he isn’t a minority. You have no idea of what lead to this mans plight. You have no idea of his health picture. It seems like he didn’t want to stiff his landlord, that he didn’t want to really be a criminal, that he felt sorry for any pain he may have given the teller. We don’t know his mental state either. He didn’t want to burden his family. Perhaps he could of just taken himself out for you.
Report Post »No, a Christian would no the Lord wouldn’t want that.
HorseCrazy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:45pmwhere is your compassion? do you know how expensive health care is for people with pre existing conditions? lots of judgemental tough talk for a user named John 3:16
Report Post »SON OF JEFFERSON
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:18amcan’t beat em join em , wait until everyone figures out the less you do the more you deserve , see taxpayers
Report Post »hucksqr
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:13amWow, just wow. Everyday, or nearly everyday, I get up, get dressed, eat breakfast and go to work. I‘m waiting for a knee replacement to be done because my knee is so bad I can’t walk unaided anymore, both sciatica nerves are impinged and my feet are number, and both hips are arthritic. Yet I just get up, and go do it. I certainly don’t expect, nor do I want, you folks to pay for my care.
Report Post »This “man”, and I use that term really liberally (sorry about the dirty word there), is a symptom of our problems. He has never learned to take true responsibility for his life, and now makes excuses. Here is the real kicker, the jail can actually deny him treatment on these conditions. It was just in the news not long ago, somebody in I believe Washington State commited a crime with the intent of getting free healthcare for their medical issues, and they were denied the care, and rightfully so. When someone does something like this, it’s really the same as fraud. He should be denied the care, unless he or his family can pay for it.
hi
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:33amI posted and then it got deleted. Sorry if this is posted twice. Hucksqr, you should swim laps for 15 minutes a day, building upi to 25 or 30. My doc who did two fellowships in pain management told me to swim for my sciatica pain, and it worked. It will also align your entire body, strengthen stabilizing muscles and help with the hip pain as well. Also, orthotics, the hard ones, not the soft, work for knee pain. I know yours is probably way beyond that, but it could help a little. You can get them at Sports Authority or a drug store for 20 bucks. God Bless.
Report Post »Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:12amGetin back for white folk to.
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:17amHuh?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:58amI second that? What is that supposed to mean? This is worse than second grade grammar.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:53pmWTF!! What are you saying ? You make no sense…just garble…Yikes!!!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:06amHe will qualify for Obamacare. What kind of treatment he wll get will only remain to be seen. If it is like te care the British receive under their National Health Care, he is better off in Jail.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:58amThe main reason that people in the United States are so up in arms over health care is because people want to live as long as they can because they are afraid to die. Deep down they know that there is an afterlife and they want to put that off as far as they can.
Report Post »EnoughBS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:05amthat’s it? that’s the “main reason” ??
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:24amYea he should of just sucked it up and offed himself.
Report Post »I’m tired of these old people thinking we should give a crap about them after they get too old and decrepit to work…
I mean I don’t give a crap if you paid into medicare/SSI for 30+ years; that money isn’t for you its already been earmarked for funding the war on terror and cushy lifestyle our public masters, I mean servants need.
The proletariat need to learn their place…
Zorro6821
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:50pmTime to take the blue Pill
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:43amHe stayed at the Hampton Inn????? The best i could do is Motel 6 ! When will we start dealing with issues seriously!
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:06amWell in his defense If I was planning on robbing a bank and losing by freedoms I would stay in the nicest place selling all of my belongs could afford me….
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:20amI agree.
He was apparently paying rent, and had enough for the Hampton in after stopping his rent ( and probably receiving his deposit back, and selling his belongings.
I would think he could have gone to a hospital and got checked out, and maybe a night stay and some food.
He may be homeless after that, but he would have received medical treatment, which is better than he is now.
.
Report Post »LibertyWon
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 5:22amProbably kept an extra $50 in his pocket in case he gets out early and needs cab fair to the next bank, looser!
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:42ami love it when people think things all the way through
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:37amPoor guy. I feel for him, or the way the article is written about him. The economy has been tough lately, I can see how the poorer people in our country are losing the battle to stay afloat. It sucks.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:37amI‘m with you on your statement although I’m not surprised that you have compassion being a Nurse. Thank you.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:43pmThis to me is just sad. My husband and I have pre existing conditions and own our own business and pay over 5200/month for our health insurance. that is more than our mortgage. our senior citizens would get better care in prison then they do on social security and medicaid. It is definately a broken system, and very sad
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:02amI feel bad for him too. It must be hard thinking that your only option is to go to prison.
Report Post »shazam3
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:13pmThere are a lot of guys in prison that have done the same thing just to get three squares and a cot and the free teeth so they can eat and the rest. They try to live in society and find when they ask for help they see every minority getting it but they don’t qualify because they have a job. But the next door family who are illegals get thousands per month and all their babies paid for. I’ll bet for years he has seen this type of scams going to everyone else but him and saw this as his only way to survive. I’m retired and some of my friends have brought this up in conversation as a joke but was it? I stood in line one time with my paperwork for a SBA loan of which I was qualified. My banker said not to go as I would be disapointed and she was right. I stood in line only to find 100′s of immigrants who had just come off the boat who wanted donut shops and massage parlor and restaurants with their people handling paperwork and translators. They all got their money and I was turned away they never even looked at my paperwork. This is how the Gov has been against common working man for years.
Report Post »starchy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:37amWow, too bad he seems like such a nice guy. Our government shouldn’t make crime so attractive, he obviously is no in Sheriff Arpaio’s jail!
Report Post »WHICHITSTANDS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:23pmI agree. I do think this brings up a major issue. Why is jail/prison easier than living free on your own accord. Jail/prison should be so miserable, no one would want to go. Yep, I mean bring back the chain-gangs and start breaking rocks.
The (lib)media loves this story, I am sure the minute they heard this they pounced on it like a kitten on a yarn ball. They just gotta make this guy the hero.. In my opinion, he is a nincompoop feeding on society like a leech.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:47pmPretty soon, most Americans will no options as Company provided Healthcare will be a thing of the past. Many companies are dropping coverage altogether. The job market is so tough, they do not need to give these kinds of Benefits to attract workers. Yes we have the “greatest system on earth” NOT@!!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:34amIt’s a common practice.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:55amThe prisons are full of Mexicans who cross the border and commit crimes because our jails and prisons are cushier than their life they had in Mexico.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:15pm@CATO AMERICANUS.. I live on $986 dollars a month with no problem, all by myself and have a $180 methadone habit.. I call it a habit because I have to pay the clinic due to them not taking medicare they only take medicaid which I can’t get because I receive Social security . I had a major back op that left me screwed up completely .. I have my own place , a studio everything included.. I eat/drink 2 coffees in the AM. alot of tombstone pizza’s which I cut in half 4 pieces one day and 4 the next I drink 3 diet sodas a day and eat alot of sunflower seeds .. I’m alone and doing fine.. I actually save money about 70 to 100 dollars a month.. So it can be done you just want to have steak every night and go out on the weekends.. I can probably make it on 886 dollars a month if need be . Oh and I also give 5 percent of the $986 to my church I have a cell bill and computer bill ,so give me a break..
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:28amI thought Charles Manson was already IN jail……
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:33amThis is what our society has come to. He sure had a lot of excuses why he could no longer be a productive member of society. He’s concerned about burdening his family, but could care less about other people’s families that will now be paying his expenses. No wonder our society is in such decline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUA3iQjLH4g
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:33amThis is almost as bad as a guy planting a bomb-like device in a police station then calling in the crime tip line to retrieve a reward . Oh wait that just happened too ….
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:34amOf course he doesn’t qualify for disability, he’s white. If he had been a black woman, he would have all the welfare and housing he would need.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:37amwhere do these kooks come from? How dare he rob the taxpayers. He should have been thankful he had a job, what a loser.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:41amDon’t blame the guy .. pretty soon with Obamacare jail will be the best healthcare treatment availiable … they have to provide it … outside not so much.
TEA!
Report Post »Eraldo NY Tea Party
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:43amLast resort.
Report Post »No job.
No food.
No future.
God be mercy full.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:43amWhat do you bet that the teller with the high blood pressure will get the disability, or she will sue the bank and get a large settlement.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:47amDidn’t God allow the Serpent to be completely thrown out of his House? Then tell me again why it is we keep so many criminals in our house?
Report Post »Dougbeach
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:50amRight on LOVENFL3! No one has a right to MY money just so they can get a “protrusion” in their chest treated. And if he can’t live with arthritis pain, he’s not worthy of our patriotic birthright! Couldn’t we send this guy and everyone like him to a consolidation area or something of that nature?
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:54amand eventually became a convenience story clerk.
Report Post »EnoughBS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:55amIt doesn’t concern me he robbed a bank, it’s apparent he had no intention of hurting anybody… it’s more so about the fact that some believe they now have to work the system only to get by.
Report Post »kingssman
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:02amSad that he placed the burden of his health care onto 100 million Americans who will have to give up less than $0.03 to pay for his healthcare and retirement.
Report Post »He should have done the right thing and commit suicide since he is no longer a productive member of society. Course unfortunately that would cost tax payers $ to bury him.
Dustyluv
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:04amPrisons have TVs, food, free healthcare, drugs and a place to sleep with people watching over you…Kinda like a nursing home…Why not?
Make prison a place you want to avoid…But that wont happen because the Liberals scream when we hurt an evil doers feelings.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:04am@DOUGBEACH,
Your are correct, no one is ENTITLED to my money for any reason, including sad medical ones. Why is this guys medical problems more important than any problems I may or may not have? Should I go hungry for a few days so he can get the medical care? Who chooses that?
This guy had other options, 1. No one is refused medical care, he might have hod to enter in to a payment plan for the rest of his life, or borrow money, but he would have gotten care. 2> There are THOUSANDS of charity he could have applied to if he needed an expensive operation that he could not have paid for, most hospitals have a list.
Even at the end of the day if all other options were exhausted, he would still not be ENTITLED to steal money from someone else, He was arrested for stealing $1 to pay for medical expense, why it is wrong for him to steal, but it perfectly ok for the government to steal my money and use it to pay for his medical expenses…….
Report Post »tirepitstop
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:36am@Anonymous T. Irrelevant,
Report Post »thanks for the laugh…i was thinking the same thing, the teller getting the disability, or settlement
from the bank. thats how it works nowadays…sad but true.
Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:30amMaybe instead of free health care he just wanted a few boyfriends. Other than that, it just goes to show everyone that convicted criminals get too many benefits. One other thing, it doesn’t matter what the excuse is, there is no reason to ruining your good name and reputation for something like this. I too have arthritis, pretty bad and no I don’t have disability yet, if I can get it. I lost my job because I wasn’t able to do my job of apartment maintenance because of my arthritis. I am unable to get a job like at a convenience store because I cannot stand for long periods of time. I cannot get a job at a desk because of the arthritis in my hands. I do not ask for nor look for sympathy, pity nor do I want pity. I am only saying this because he said: “I knew that a felony would not hurt me. I cannot work anymore,” he said. “That felony is going to hurt my reputation.”. Well, that is just an excuse that was convenient for him and if he was willing to do this, then I doubt his reputation was very good to begin with.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:34am… hey dummy! Just go to the emergency room, just like an illegal alien, and get checked out. So what if you start stacking up medical bills. The fed will pay for them, just like they do for illegals! Oh wait, yer a white guy. You’ll be responsible for the bills. So sorry …
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:49amThis is what a liberal mindset can do to a person.
Oh, what a cryin’ shame.
Report Post »fitsgibbons
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:02pmMy first thought exactly:)
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:21pmWelcome to the World’s best Healthcare System. At least this guy tried to get care.
Report Post »NotFooled
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:05pmI’ve seen mugshots of criminals with BHO t-shirts on. Has anyone ever seen a mugshot of a criminal wearing Bush or Regan shirts? Just an observation.
Report Post »outsidethebox
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:17pmLol, that was my laugh for the day.
Report Post »Cato Americanus
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:22pmIf you’ve worked in a convenience store in the past decade, for minimum wage or barely above it with absolutely no benefits of any kind (no insurance, 401k, vacation, hell, no frakkin lunchbreaks), Jail would sound like a winning alternative to you too. Try living on less than 1000$ a month, take home pay, I dare you. Can‘t be done if you don’t have somebody to split the bills with. The work is fast-paced and requires a high degree of multitasking. No other job so demanding pays so little. I always joke that I should have gone into something less challenging, like Air Traffic Control, and I can’t wait unitl I get my AA degree and get out of customer service forever.
Report Post »Acegard
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:30pmIgnorance. What he doesn’t know is that the health care he will receive on jail is minimal and not as good as free clinics. Arthritis? He can have Tylenol or ibuprofen
Report Post »(no stronger pain pills) and he’ll have to wait months to even see the practitioner. Rofl.
Rightsofman
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:20pmQuit innovative but jail won’t look good on his resume.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:49pmJust reading all the good “christians” here that worship the demonic St. Ayn Rand. How Christ like, concerned with the pennys in your pocket while another man is in need of help.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:48pmI’m not buying it.. Why not clear the bank out and pay for it himself with the proceeds, instead of asking for a dollar ? Either way he is set , and if he got away with it the more power to him… what a dope , I would’ve went for the vault…
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 5:45amSuch a sad state of affairs… For those of us, about 12 percent, who are self-employed and forced to deal directly with the Health Insurance Giants, we know how this guy feels…
Our premiums have sky-rocketed over the past ten years so that we’re now paying the price of a standard mortgage every four weeks… Of course, Obama’s Health Care Law is an absolute failure… A complete redistribution of wealth from the productive to the non-productive. However, something must be done to reduce the ever-escalating costs of health care premiums for all Americans…
As more and more Americans lose their employee health care plans, thanks to Obama’s 2,700-page monstrosity of a Health Care law, more and more will see what we’ve had to put up with these past few years.
How about repealing Obama’s total failure of a health care law and replacing it with simple common sense measures to increase competition, thereby decreasing health care costs?
Report Post »obama brotherhood.
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:10amI dub these the ‘obama society’.
Report Post »it’s a trend that has now been exposed.
soon, when our prisons are overflowing,
bank robbers won’t get jail time.
they may even free ALL prisoners.
it is ‘Obama’s society’.