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 ...
No fools like old fools...
Good for them.
Sad that they had nobody else they cared enough about to leave it to them.
The Obamas will burn through that on the first day of their next vacation.
Morons.
Their money, their choice. [said while banging head against wall]
Seattle.
Nothing left to say.
Pleas support FR with a donation tonight. Thank you.
We could stop the Freepathons for a few years.
As if they have not given enough to be trashed by the feckless fool on the hill. What a sad pathetic joke.
“We could stop the Freepathons for a few years.”
Two years.
We could stop the Freepathons for a few years.
Interesting thought.
Would or could FreeRepublic continue to exist as it has if some wealthy benefactor paid all the costs to run this site?
I guess we should be grateful that they did not pass on their lack of intelligence to any offspring.
Proving your stupidity to the very end!
The money will be gone 5 seconds after it’s cashed. Hookers aren’t free, y’know.
Great idea, the Feds will invest the money into a single study that examines the homosexual behavior of monkeys in South Africa.
Mrs. Obama thanks them for the first hour’s expenses for her next vacation.
Should have donated to Salvation Army, their local food bank, pet rescue .. anything other than Fedzilla, where most of it will go to government employees and the unions.
Not to worry.
They will still be voting for years.
Assholes
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