Tuesday, November 18, 2008

"Brother, Can You Spare a Hundred Million Dollars?"

Here in California, A 57-year-old transient man, convicted of starting a 2006 fire that burned 163,000 acres, has been sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison, and ordered to pay $101 million in fines and restitution. So in exchange for destroying 11 structures and threatening so many homes, he gets a free roof over his head.

I guess if you’re poor enough, crime really does pay.

No one knows where this homeless person is supposed to come up with a hundred million dollars. His park bench was already foreclosed.

Searching for assets, the state has also seized his shopping cart and his rare collection of hard-written cardboard signs.

As for the recent L.A. fires that are still being contained, a number of homeless people are now claiming responsibility, in hopes of getting that same cushy prison sentence.