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 cashiers 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 ...
Forget my Pontiac, I’d rather drown my “Uncle Sam” in the Potomac River never to resurface!
Doesn’t this just make you sick? There are so many worthy charities that could have used that money. “All I can do is shake my head at the stupidity of some people.
At lreast they didn’t give it to the criminal clintoon foundation...
At lreast they didn’t give it to the criminal clintoon foundation...
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.
Godless Imbeciles, rather than doing good in the world they toss it in the trash
Exactly, lonely old fools.
They want it wantonly wasted, I guess!
lol true
How much do you give a month?
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