Posted on 02/11/2016 11:47:34 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
No city is tougher to live in than Detroit. High crime rates and endless poverty has spread everywhere thanks to Democrat policies.
But hard work pays off. In Obama's America, too many people believe they are "owed" something. But this man - James Robertson - at age 57, walked 21 miles to work (to and from) every day!
His story was so inspirational that it went viral last year.
Thanks to donations, his more than 5 hour-long commute has been reduced to a 12 minute drive. But now, he made an incredible announcement: After receiving thousands of dollars in donations, he will still work as hard as he ever has:
James Robertson suddenly had a pile of unearned cash -- about $360,000. It poured into three GoFundMe pages on the Internet and kept coming, 24/7, until the humble factory worker said after a week "that's enough" and the pages were shut down.
Now, just more than a year after the Free Press first told the world about Robertson, dubbed "the Walking Man," this soft-spoken baseball fan is finding that his windfall and free car make life a lot easier, more relaxing, more fun. Obviously.
"I love this car," he said, taking a reporter for a recent spin in his still-shiny 2015 Ford Taurus, a car he chose because, as he famously said, "It's like me -- simple on the outside, durable on the inside."
He works at Schain Mold and Engineering, where he operates an injection-molding machine. And he will NOT be retiring anytime soon!
In part because he prizes his friendships at work, Robertson isn't likely to retire anytime soon.
"People ask me why I still work. I don't change that for no one!" he said, almost fiercely.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepoliticalinsider.com ...
Its a nice story about a decent man.
I was always curious - how much did he make as a machinist? Its certainly not minimum wage. Why could he not have bought a car on that wage?
Yeah, but he has MILLIONS in UNPAID SICK LEAVE.
At 57 he could retrain and do something that isn't entry level. Perhaps not, who knows.
Sure. He's 57 years old, about time for him to go find a corner to sit in and die. /sarc
WOW...thank you for that update on this story...what a guy...God loving person, hard working and money didn’t make a difference...the way life should be....
Thanks Captain!!!
Well, you see it wrong. No one is owed a job.
From a 5-hour walk to a 12-minute commute? Either he was walking slow, or he's a fast driver.
Why didn't he ever buy a bicycle?
Geez, you would think he would be spending all his money on shoes.
A concern of mine would be he needs to be wary of scum bags that are not as decent as he. This publicity could make him a target of predatory fleecers, and they could just as easily hale from Wall St as Detroit.
Um ok.
Agree lets respect this man as a Hard working American, not Black American or stupid hyphenated name for who he is and not let color or any of that crap get into this, I am no fan of the thugs btw.
OOPSIE! forgot a smiley face!!!! :-)
That drives me nuts, too.
I've seen national advertising with Everyday.
The wrong word made it all the way through the marketing, design, QA, management, and printing people and nobody noticed.
And then just wasted the rest
Whoa now.
what?
Thanks for posting. Great story. I wondered what happened to that guy.
What?
I didn’t mean he should retire but maybe do something a little more productive, not so entry level. But hey it’s ok. I don’t really GAF.
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