Comments | filkertom: This. Is. Fucking. OBSCENE.

filkertom

This. Is. Fucking. OBSCENE.

Jun 20, 2011 20:36

This is the state things have degenerated to in our country:A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report ( Read more... )

snarl, politics, wtf

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smparadox June 21 2011, 00:56:28 UTC

Amen! Or rather, Ramen! I couldn't agree more.

wyld_dandelyon June 21 2011, 01:00:39 UTC

I agree. Don't know how to get there though.

I wonder if some pointed satires with catchy tunes would do any good?

melchar June 21 2011, 01:22:45 UTC

So full of rage from reading that: to know that ANYONE feels they need to do this to remain healthy.

janetmiles June 21 2011, 01:30:56 UTC

Sadly, this isn't new. 1991 was a pretty harsh winter in Tennessee, and I remember an article in the newspaper quoting a local caseworker who admitted she'd been advising her homeless clients to commit non-violent misdemeanors in order to get 30 days in jail, indoors, with heat, food, and basic health care.

realinterrobang June 21 2011, 03:35:06 UTC

Good god. Considering how the US treats its plethora of ex-cons, that's a Faustian bargain if ever I heard of one...

caraig June 21 2011, 01:26:17 UTC

I fully agree. We need a better health care system, and for-profit isn't going to cut it.

Though you can count down the time until you get a post where someone says Verone was just too lazy to get a job....

mdlbear June 21 2011, 01:43:06 UTC

Not the first case I've heard about; expect it to happen more often in the near future.