Do Business With Walt

Shout Bits Blog ^ | 9/30/13 | Shout Bits

[Moltke]

Jesse was the most repulsive character on the show.

Now there's a comment on a Breaking Bad thread (so far as I've glanced over them) I can agree with!

[JohnKinAK]

At the beginning of series the family wanted him to get the best Oncologist/treatment which was outside their Govt provided Public School Teacher Health Insurance network so it was to be all out of pocket. Also, he wanted to leave enough money for the wife to raise the new child and pay for 2 college educations because he had minimal life insurance and couldn’t get more due to the cancer. I forget what his initial target was, but the 9 million at the end was substantially above it.

[Waryone]

"We’re all dirty rotten sinners who deserve death. Only through the Cross and Jesus can anyone find restitution with God."

That is a true statement. By that measure, Walter White/Heisenberg showed no understanding of that fact, neither did he show any remorse, ask God for forgiveness nor repent before dying. His ego was his god and he died in his sins.

[zeestephen]

I think his initial goal was $750,000.

The difference between the “best” oncologist in America and the oncologist covered by Walt’s insurance is practically nil.

Maybe there are advanced radiation treatments I don’t know about.

Anyway, the 5 year survival rate for an aggressive lung cancer is essentially zero, no matter how much money you spend, and Walt, the chemist, could have researched that fact in a couple hours on the Internet.

I can appreciate that Walt the father wants his kids to attend the college of their choice and graduate without student debt, and maybe he wanted to give the kids the down payment for their first homes, too.

Loving and universal sentiments, for sure.

But, manufacturing a highly destructive drug and becoming a murderer is a pretty steep price tag for sentiment.

My main point - if Walt had just continued to work as a teacher until his death, his family’s finances would have pretty much stayed the same, with or without him.

[70times7]

I dropped into this thread for the discussion of the finale. Instead I got to read this author's screed of BS.

If this were some college essay assignment on writing from a provided point of view I could see the reason. I have postulated in my head that "journalism" school must include crap like this to help inculcate those who still have any sense.

So then... I can come up for reasons this "essay" exists. What I can't figure out: why is it posted here?

[Semper911]

I don’t know where you are getting this information, but not much of it is true.

[zeestephen]

Re: “I don’t know where you are getting this information, but not much of it is true.”

Really?

I got all the benefit information from my brother, who just retired after teaching school in Arizona for 30 years.

I’ll tell him he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

As to Walt’s $9 million cash for his son.....

Try depositing $10,000 in cash in your bank account.

You’ll be filling out forms for 5 minutes.

Try opening a Trust account or a stock brokerage account with $100,000 cash.

They won’t even talk to you.

Try buying a house or an expensive car or paying your rent in cash.

Good luck, unless they’re tax criminals.

First, most business people don’t want the security risk of cash.

Second, if the cash is dirty, like Walt’s cash, the government can confiscate every penny of it and charge you as a criminal accessory, or with money laundering, etc., etc.