The host of this blog has a category for his own titled WTF or something like it. Think out the acronym and you got it. Please note the subcategory for this is in economics.
A man lost his job and decided after a couple of years of unsteady income to just get himself sentenced to an institution where meals are cooked for him, a gym is on sight and plenty of people to commiserate with. He robbed a bank so that he could go to jail and wait out the next 3 years until his Social Security kicks in.
He harmed nobody, stole a measly $80 from a bank and then handed it to a guard, with the line, "today's your day to be a hero." He waited for the police and asked the judge for 3 years.
You tax payers pissed off? Well you should be. But lets face it, if there was no age discrimination, our tax money would not have to fund dumbass financial plans. Jail is this man's punishment and fees are ours.
Taxpayers, if you want a good tax break, take responsibility of the forgotten people. Don't wait for the government to do it. Inevitably our money will not be used to fund government institutions.
My Republican and Libertarian friends want to take all the money out of governments spending and give it to the private sector. I would agree if the private sector would be willing to take care of the man above and many other forgotten folk. Until then, we keep paying our government to mismanage money and use little of it to support this guy.
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