[Kartographer]

How many would have stood around and milked it for all it was worked? Yet he gets in his car and heads to his $10.00 an hour job!

[a fool in paradise]

This week I heard that people on the internet had already pledged over $150,000. Hope he got something nice.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Wish we still had many millions like him, as we did in 1960, but we don’t, do we?

[cripplecreek]

All I’ve got to say to the scumbags who protest for $15 per hour to work at McDonald’s part time is ‘you clowns should be ashamed of yourselves.’

[wtd]

He is modest, has a great sense of humor and a drive/work ethic deserving the attention and reward.

Bravo.

Perhaps his story will inspire the next generation...we can certainly use a lot more like him!

[sparklite2]

" Already, the city of Detroit has promised to boost a program it has for giving public transit to people like Robertson; it had sat on more than $1 million in federal grants for years without using them"

[deport]

A thread from earlier in the week if anyone is interested in reading the comments thereon:

Factory worker who can't afford a car walks 21 miles to work and back every day

[KosmicKitty]

Not to be a wet blanket, but a) does he have a license and b) can he afford the insurance and maintenance fees?

Big gifts come with big price tags for the recipients too

[MasterGunner01]

This is Detroit, MI, folks. How long before someone either steals his car or tries to carjack him? He’d better invest in a concealed carry permit, shooting lessons, and a pistol whose caliber begins with “4”. I hope he saved some of those donations to buy auto insurance and his licenses (both operator and auto).

[Mean Daddy]

I would have laughed if he would have purchased Japanese!!