Posted on 10/11/2007 11:19:24 AM PDT by icwhatudo
Excellent posting...
I was just thinking....I pay about $500 a month toward my 401k. Sooo....with all this big government talk, I should just stop paying that and demand that my pension is paid by our most wonderful govmint. /s
I'd just avoid the entire remolding thing if I were you. A decent carpenter with the right shop equipment can build his own kitchen cabinets at 10th or less than the cost of store bought cabinets. This guy is a carpenter and has the shop tools so it's easily evening / weekend work for the cost of some lumber and hardware. Same with the concrete counters. They don't have to be store bought. A good DYIer can pour them himself.
No doubt with the real estate they own, this family's assets are much larger than a 45k yearly taxable income would typically indicate, but the kitchen remolding job means nothing in that regard.
It depends on the state you live in. In Michigan under the “no fault” law all (100%) of the medical costs would be paid, plus lost wages are covered.
It doesn’t matter who is at fault.
At a minimum you have raised the issue of the propriety of folks with significant net worth getting public assistance.
My brother has significantly less net worth than this family of 6 and yet he not only pays for his own health insurance but he, like so many others, has to contribute to the health insurance of others with higher net worths. It is the height of absurdity.
You, my friend, have nothing to apologize for or be defensive about.
Hopefully some good will come out of this kerfluffle like asset tests and the requirement for those taking public money to supply the public with balance sheets and income statements.
Having said that I wish nothing but the best for the injured children in their efforts at recovery. It really isn't very hard to separate the children from the politics if one has half a brain, which of course rules out that half of America prone to use children to advance their politics.
Absolutely correct. Granite began fading as a preference for many up-scalers who were putting in new kitchens when it became more publicized that granite can actually be pourous enough to hold bacteria. Over the past three or four years people have been opting for sealed concrete and other faux granite look-alike materials. And yeah, it's often a little more expenensive.
In any event, that's a nice kitchen the Frosts decided to put in rather than buy their own health insurance.
I keep you and your family in my prayers.
You're a lot more compassionate than I am. As far as I'm concerned, for helping the Democrats in their agenda to turn America into a Euro-style, secular-socialist welfare state the Frosts can all drop dead. Screw them.
PIP in Maryland has a low minimum requirement, about 2500.00 and I think I read the maximium amount of PIP is 20,000. Nowhere near enough to pay for the injuries these poor kids suffered.
But insurance is an interesting point. I'm sure Mr Frost has insured his home, his auto and his investment property but he chose not to purchase health insurance for his children which he could have at a reasonable rate.
Perhaps the public should kick in for his property insurance as well?
Mr. Frost, also 26, is known as Halsey. He owns Frostworks, a woodworking and furniture-design studio in Baltimore. His mother, Randy Frost, is a quilt artist. His father is the deputy director of design and construction for the City University of New York in Manhattan. The bridegroom’s late grandfather Frederick G. Frost Jr. was an architect responsible for several public buildings in New York, including Martin Luther King High School in Manhattan.
Obviously, the entire greedy extended Frost family would rather reach into the wallets of complete strangers than help each other out. This is clearly not an impoverished family. They should be ashamed of themselves.
So, you ARE trying to deny them access to S-CHIP! /S
Nice job icwhatudo. With the MSM little more than a shill for the left, it's nice that a citizen takes the time to pick up their slack.
Good investigative work, the kind that newspapers and journalists USE to do
The only reason you are taking heat from the liberals is because they were caught in a lie. One they can’t defend or spin their way out of!
Their voting base is mostly elite morons with a guilt complex and illiterate poor on public assistance.
They can’t sell this family to most of their base as being poor. It just wont work and they have to lash out at someone.
The more they try to spin, the more people will search the facts. The liberals are going to lose on this one.
Ping to new Frost thread.
Good work!
“Why is the family home listed as the “office” of the Limited Liability Corporation that owns the commercial property?”
I set up an LLC to buy a small commercial property and did the same thing. Since the LLC is formed before you buy (or close on purchase of) the property, you need your home address, not the building address that you are buying, as the ‘office’ of the registering agent of the LLC.
“Why, if the family is so quick to announce how much they earn each year in every interview they do, does the family refuse the Baltimore Sun’s request to examine their tax return? “
LOL. These guys should be Republicans!
If he lists his home as his business address, then I’m sure he takes a business (Schedule C) offset for the space used.
There are so many things that businesses can take off the top as expenses (utilities, labor, rent, mileage, equipment, supplies, etc.) that farmers regularly are seen in large homes, driving large, new vehicles and also reporting zero income.
Every family should declare itself a business. :>)
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Let’s be serious. They are staunch dims, proud and arrogant about every handout received. Shame or even gratitude for handouts is not on the table. They are entitled to it because it’s not your money so be prepared to part with more of it. Thank HER that SHE trusts you with some small part of your earnings and assets.
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