Did the title confuse you? Apparently, a veteran in North Carolina was jobless and didn't have money to afford health care. So, he went to the bank with a note demanding $1, sat down, and waited for the police. All because he couldn't afford health care and needed the health care provided by the jail to get by. The guy had never done anything wrong in his life, and the only reason he's there is because he can't afford the coverage he needs. Sucks, eh? Linky.
Sucks and probably become a standard along with homeless people that do small time crimes for a short stay during winter season.
My guess is he was probably that used to jail he couldn't function outside, but if it's true the sad part of the story is he will probably cost the taxpayer a lot more than the healthcare ever would. I don''t really get the whole healthcare thing as I'm in the UK and I guess everyone gets it free here.
Yeah, prison is a giant multibillion industry in the United States. The public perception is that if you're in prison, then you deserve it, not that you need some kind of social support or help. But there has to be a distinct racism at work when there's proportionately more black men in prison than white men. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/world/americas/29iht-29prison.10561202.html http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/saving-money-by-slashing-prison-spending/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394995/index.htm
It saddens to hear that men that are willing to die for their country end up like this, with barely any help from the US (apartment for limited time).
Totally true. My world grography teacher told me that his 15 year old son who is black, got in jail for a day, because he was carrying around a BB gun with a friend, while 3 white males stole alcohol from a liquor store (all underage) but got off with just a warning, just because their parents said that they normally don't do something like this and their grades are very good.
i saw this yesterday it's very unfortunate but not surprising considering how america treats it's veterans.
Unbelievably sad story, especially since he's a veteran too. Reminds me of a book I read, "Are prisons obsolete?" by Angela Davis. It's a good read about fixing the prison system and rehabilitating prisoners by teaching social responsibility in a social setting, rather than using confinement. It also goes into detail the role of racism when it comes to imprisonment.
