Posted on 05/20/2015 7:15:02 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Americans often go to great lengths to keep the government off their assets.
But last month, as Peter and Joan Petrasek had wished in their wills, a cashier’s check for $847,215.57 was made out to the Department of Treasury.
The Petraseks had left their total accumulated wealth, of cash in the bank and sale of their West Seattle home, “to the government of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”
The Petraseks had no children.
Why the unusual will? Why not a charity or some cause?
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Touche’
Imbeciles if you ask me. Lots of great charities that would use a high % of the money to good work and they give it to an inefficient government that will likely pi$$ most of it away.....stupid.
Really?
From the article:
“As a refugee from World War II, he was very grateful to his adopted country. He grew up with a lot of people in Eastern Europe who would have been happy to change places with him.
“There are still a lot of people in the world who would envy him the life he lived. He wanted to make a statement about how much it meant to him to be an American citizen.”
I'm inclined to just say 'thank you' for the generosity.
sadly, our country isn't even a 10th of what it once was....
I resent these 2 dead idiots.
Burning the money would have been more beneficial.
FEDGOV wastes that much money in a minute or two, on nonsense.
Positive Train Control for the Toonerville Trolley.
Morons to the end.
West Seattle is the legislative district of Cong. Baghdad Jim McDermott. If that gives you any hint of the neighborhood.
Well, it was their business to do with their money as they willed (pun slightly intended). Still, I wish they had picked a well-run private charity or something like that. They might have done far more good for their fellow human beings had they gone that route.
Or, you know, they could have just given it all to me. I’d see it was put to good use, honest!
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typical democrats . they love and trust government
Well said bud. I could easily match everyone’s $$ but why? A number of Freepers are just freeloading leeches (pretty much liberals).
What are the chances they were registered Democrats?
If they’ve been dead less than 20 years you’ll find they’re still registered to vote.
A. They didn’t build that.
B. Most massive case of white guilt in history.
C. Keeping with a theme, I hope they have no children...
D. All of the above
Typical democrats . They love and trust government
Little do democrats realize that government is not the solution to our problems government IS the problem and even more so with a radical Marxist enemy of freedom as president who is named barak Obama
Actually most liberals want you to leave your money to the US Govt.
Unlike most idiot commenters on this thread, I think this is a great example of freedom and the pursuit of happiness...for the Petraseks.
Idiots. There is not a less deserving entity in America for that money than the corrupt government.
What misguided idiots.
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