[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

The problem, taken alone, does not really bother me. I would imagine that a lot of wealthy people, or cash-intensive business operators, have plenty of legitimate need to withdraw cash.

What bothers me personally is when you consider the context. Rush is accused, and has not denied (in fact has partially admitted) to having illegally used prescription drugs. Now, if the story pans out, Rush was using huge amounts of OxyContin (etc.), which is very expensive, etc.

What bothers me is that if Rush developed this new pattern of withdrawing large sums of cash ($9,900) repeatedly, then it backs up the drug charges against him. Its behavior that is indicative of guilt, and worse, indicative of a conscious effort on his part to avoid the law, and avoid the consequences of his actions.

Since Rush has long been a personal hero of mine, I take this very seriously. I expect Rush to comply with the law, although I expect him to continue his efforts to change it. But this drug thing, and now apparently money laundering, has been devestating to me personally. It brings Rush down to the level of so many of the people he has been legitimately bashing.

[ArGee]

But this drug thing, and now apparently money laundering, has been devestating to me personally.

This drug thing is a problem, and I'm glad he was forced into treatment. He may still warrant jail time, which is up to the prosecutors and courts to decide.

But withdrawing cash that was legally earned is not money laundering. It is possible he was withdrawing the cash to pay for the drugs. But the cash withdrawls are not illegal in any way. Money laundering involves using a series of front businesses and bank accounts to make illegal income difficult to trace back to its source.

I suspect that every $9,900 withdrawl was earned legitimately, properly declared, and the appropriate taxes paid. This pattern of behavior does not suggest anything otherwise.

Shalom.

[BCrago66]

I doubt Rush is such a hero of yours, or else you would not assume the very worst possible explanation for a set of facts, while having no actual knowledge of the situation.

On those occasions where I needed to made large withdrawals or deposits, I've sometimes done it in increments just below 10K, because I value my privacy.

[myself6]

So in your mind this "confirms" something he has already admitted to. OK... SO WHAT!


If you cant handle the fact that someone (anyone) can get addicted to this painkiller. That someone with back pain, at times, would rather DIE than continue to suffer would take these pills. FINE! Please go on your little Fu#$ing merry way down the road and don’t listen to him. To come on here and ARGUE your idiotic point lends to the belief that what you state is not the truth. Only a moron who calls himself a conservative or a liberal (much of a difference?) would ACTIVELY attempt to discredit him based on news reports from the liberal media.

ANOTHER THING...

I honestly couldn’t give a sh@t less if absolutely EVERYTHING that has been SPECULATED on is true. As a conservative fighting a WAR against collectivism I will take my fellow soldier where I can get them. Rush is one hell of a soldier for OUR side and I will stick by him NO MATTER WHAT.

Crawl back under your rock coward. This war is for REAL men.

[alnick]

But this drug thing, and now apparently money laundering

Sorry, I don't care what anyone says, but withdrawing YOUR OWN money from YOUR OWN bank account is NOT money laundering.

[glaia]

Why do you say that? I am amazed at the number of people who so self-righteously condemn someone in PAIN! He wasn't getting high, my friend. He certainly wasn't dropping out of society. He is a productive (and HOW) member of society and he was in PAIN. I defy anyone out there to watch someone suffer chronic pain day in and day out and then sit and moralize about the evils of (egads) prescription drugs.
This is so disgusting. Bill Clinton admitted he smoked pot! He committed perjury! Ted Kennedy was expelled from college for cheating! He drove drunk and someone DIED and then he left the scene...and on and on.
Rush is human, and Rush was hurting and who the devil are we to point fingers? There is no hypocristy here. There is merely a mob out to get someone they fear.
Remember about casting that first stone. It is apples and oranges indeed...but not the way you describe it.
And as for the bank...that has happend to me, too. The bank people specifically advised me in the past to keep a withdrawal under 10k so as to minimize paperwork and hassle.

[finvarra]

Has anyone considered what kind of a bloody police state we live in where the Feds have to be informed of you withdrawing YOUR money from YOUR bank for ANY reason in ANY amount? No wonder i keep my money in my matress...
all $40.00 of it, yep.