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ellobofilipino: rickydank: This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one dollar. Why only one dollar? Because he knew that in prison he could get the medical care he could not afford with his part time salary as a convenience store clerk. He was approved for food stamps, but they did little to help his finances. Between his back problems, carpel tunnel, and arthritis, he simply couldn’t handle the pain any longer. On June 9th, he sent a letter to his local paper, the Gaston Gazette, that stated: “When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. this robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.” He then took a cab to the RBC Bank, and handed the teller a note asking for one dollar and medical attention. He quietly took a seat in the lobby and waited for police to arrive. Since Verone only stole one dollar, he was only charged with larceny. His bail, which he doesn’t plan to pay, is set at $2,000-reduced from the normal $100,000. He’s scheduled to see a doctor this Friday, and hopes to get foot surgery, back surgery and to have a protrusion on his check treated.    To me, this is the perfect example of how disturbingly corrupt and unjust our health care system has become under HMO’s. For this man, or any person for that matter, to feel that he needs to be imprisoned just to see a doctor, is ridiculous.  I honestly can’t even think of words. The story says it all.     Reminds me of some of the former offenders I talked to back then. Some of them, immediately after their release, would stalk some potential victim and get themselves involved in cellphone or jewelry snatching incidents. But unlike those who seriously pursue these crimes, they do not usually give much of a chase and easily give up to the authorities. Several of them told me that they only went into snatching so that they can be arrested, detained, and if charged in court, be committed to the city or regional jail. The reason? Free board and lodging. These offenders told me that life inside the jails is better than out in society. Inside all they have to do is eat, exercise, and sleep. Unlike those out in society, they don’t have to struggle to stay in school, look for jobs, and worry about costs in electricity, fuel, and food. The logic is kinda twisted but it is truth born out of pragmatism and an admission of reality. While I do hope that while they are inside the jails, these offenders would do away with the mindset they have assumed prior to their jail time, I cannot also blame them if they have considered time in incarceration as a luxury compared to the life in freedom.

ellobofilipino:

rickydank:

This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one dollar.

Why only one dollar?

Because he knew that in prison he could get the medical care he could not afford with his part time salary as a convenience store clerk. He was approved for food stamps, but they did little to help his finances. Between his back problems, carpel tunnel, and arthritis, he simply couldn’t handle the pain any longer.

On June 9th, he sent a letter to his local paper, the Gaston Gazette, that stated: “When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. this robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”

He then took a cab to the RBC Bank, and handed the teller a note asking for one dollar and medical attention. He quietly took a seat in the lobby and waited for police to arrive.

Since Verone only stole one dollar, he was only charged with larceny. His bail, which he doesn’t plan to pay, is set at $2,000-reduced from the normal $100,000. He’s scheduled to see a doctor this Friday, and hopes to get foot surgery, back surgery and to have a protrusion on his check treated.   

To me, this is the perfect example of how disturbingly corrupt and unjust our health care system has become under HMO’s. For this man, or any person for that matter, to feel that he needs to be imprisoned just to see a doctor, is ridiculous. 

I honestly can’t even think of words. The story says it all.    

Reminds me of some of the former offenders I talked to back then.

Some of them, immediately after their release, would stalk some potential victim and get themselves involved in cellphone or jewelry snatching incidents. But unlike those who seriously pursue these crimes, they do not usually give much of a chase and easily give up to the authorities.

Several of them told me that they only went into snatching so that they can be arrested, detained, and if charged in court, be committed to the city or regional jail. The reason? Free board and lodging.

These offenders told me that life inside the jails is better than out in society. Inside all they have to do is eat, exercise, and sleep. Unlike those out in society, they don’t have to struggle to stay in school, look for jobs, and worry about costs in electricity, fuel, and food.

The logic is kinda twisted but it is truth born out of pragmatism and an admission of reality. While I do hope that while they are inside the jails, these offenders would do away with the mindset they have assumed prior to their jail time, I cannot also blame them if they have considered time in incarceration as a luxury compared to the life in freedom.

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