How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

As a Californian in the middle of a financial raping because of shiat like this(among many other things) defrauding the honest taxpayers, I approve, and would approve more if they put his ass in jail on top of it, and maybe broke some kneecaps. Might not solve our $20bln hole, but every dollar counts right now.

damn $400,000 in 3 years and he STILL felt the need to collect disability. fark him he should be in prison

I've said it before and I'll say it again - when is Darwinism going to do away with these farkin' idiots?

Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

Get better insurance.

bhcompy: As a Californian in the middle of a financial raping because of shiat like this(among many other things) defrauding the honest taxpayers, I approve, and would approve more if they put his ass in jail on top of it, and maybe broke some kneecaps. Might not solve our $20bln hole, but every dollar counts right now.

Would you pay for those capped knees?.

Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

I am going to wager a guess he collected under multiple names?

Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

He's probably been milking it for a while. I'm not sure how it works in California, but here in Kentucky, it's pretty difficult to be removed from disability once you're on it (and trust me, a lot of people are on it around here).

My wife works for the department of disability and I get to hear all sorts of fun/stupid stories. I hope she doesn't hear about this as it will surely validate her claims that so many of the people who get it actually don't need it.

burn him at some stake somewhere . . . like the heretics.

bhcompy: As a Californian in the middle of a financial raping because of shiat like this(among many other things) defrauding the honest taxpayers, I approve, and would approve more if they put his ass in jail on top of it, and maybe broke some kneecaps. Might not solve our $20bln hole, but every dollar counts right now.


And how much would it cost the taxpayers to feed, clothe, and house him in jail? Since it was a 'victimless' crime, just making the farker pay it back makes more sense.

Still, 600 dollars a month is 7200 dollars a year.

That's a lot of years collecting to get 150k.

juhis: damn $400,000 in 3 years and he STILL felt the need to collect disability. fark him he should be in prison

and let the taxpayers foot the bill? Kill him and all the others I say

adeist69: bhcompy: As a Californian in the middle of a financial raping because of shiat like this(among many other things) defrauding the honest taxpayers, I approve, and would approve more if they put his ass in jail on top of it, and maybe broke some kneecaps. Might not solve our $20bln hole, but every dollar counts right now.


And how much would it cost the taxpayers to feed, clothe, and house him in jail? Since it was a 'victimless' crime, just making the farker pay it back makes more sense.

He's getting 5 weeks of full time community service. That's pretty epic punishment, if you're a farking interior designer, and it'll do a lot more good for the public than letting him rot.

Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

Well, it took him 3 years to get that. By my math, if his checks were closer to $1050 a week, he could have earned that much.

And that could be the case. Disability pays a good bit more than unemployment.

Still, what's even more shocking is that he actually EARNED $400k while working in the same time frame. That's a pretty good haul no matter how you slice it.

Why was the insurance adjuster home watching HGTV? Shouldn't he have been out pounding the pavement to put vermin like this in jail?

Mikes brother.

Veteran of the Cola Wars: Still, 600 dollars a month is 7200 dollars a year.

That's a lot of years collecting to get 150k.

It says he was only on it for three years. The real sham is that someone on disability in California makes 50k a year tax-free. (I expect he did use multiple names, though. Maybe he has kids?)

bhcompy: As a Californian in the middle of a financial raping because of shiat like this(among many other things) defrauding the honest taxpayers, I approve, and would approve more if they put his ass in jail on top of it, and maybe broke some kneecaps. Might not solve our $20bln hole, but every dollar counts right now.

Putting him in jail would cost money.

Should have thrown him in jail.

See if he can collect cigarettes while on disability in prison.

foxyshadis: Veteran of the Cola Wars: Still, 600 dollars a month is 7200 dollars a year.

That's a lot of years collecting to get 150k.

It says he was only on it for three years. The real sham is that someone on disability in California makes 50k a year tax-free. (I expect he did use multiple names, though. Maybe he has kids?)

It's based off his salary before he was "disabled." My longterm disability will cover 70% of my income should I become disabled.

/Ow my back! ;)

FTA: "The state's Franchise Tax Board says Hunt falsely claimed he was disabled for three years and collected almost $150,000 in benefits, while earning about $400,000 in income as an interior designer."

Interesting 1040 filing there. Unless there is some tax fraud going on also.

JohnCarter: Why was the insurance adjuster home watching HGTV? Shouldn't he have been out pounding the pavement to put vermin like this in jail?


Cubicle drones who work for insurance companies are actual human beings who need time off to do things they enjoy - just like you! How weird is that, right?

I don't understand why this is such a big deal. There are thousands of able-bodied individuals on welfare in this country, yet people are outraged at this?

I think a lot of people are misinterpreting "disability" with "unemployment." I have a disability policy that'll pay me 60% of my salary in the event that I am long-termly disabled. I pay for that insurance myself. This guy may have done the same. It probably doesn't cost the "taxpayers" anything, but is still fraud, and in the long run, adds cost to everyone's premiums.

The irony is that being an interior decorator, he would probably have a FABULOUS time in prison.

The Angry Hand of God: I don't understand why this is such a big deal. There are thousands of able-bodied individuals on welfare in this country, yet people are outraged at this?

Let's hump one monkey at a time.

F*cking deadbeats.

syntaxic: Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

He's probably been milking it for a while. I'm not sure how it works in California, but here in Kentucky, it's pretty difficult to be removed from disability once you're on it (and trust me, a lot of people are on it around here).

My wife works for the department of disability and I get to hear all sorts of fun/stupid stories. I hope she doesn't hear about this as it will surely validate her claims that so many of the people who get it actually don't need it.

What kind of marriage do you have if you are worried that a claim your wife makes is validated?

Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

You guys do understand there are private disability insurance plans that you can buy that are better than social security disability payments... Assuming that is the case here, it's not the tax payers being defrauded (until they get their bailout), probably why prison time was not part of the sentence.

NightOwl2255: The Angry Hand of God: I don't understand why this is such a big deal. There are thousands of able-bodied individuals on welfare in this country, yet people are outraged at this?

Let's hump one monkey at a time.

queue the "that's racist kid"

/I'm too too lazy to find him
//hey, that's racist too!

His doctor must be a farking moron.

These people piss me off more than Bernie Madoff or people who sit on their ass doing nothing collecting welfare. My former mother in law was disabled. We didn't get along in many ways but I hated seeing the crap she had to go through every couple years when the insurance company would send private eyes out to follow her and she had to defend what little she could do in court.

"This picture shows you out weeding your garden, you look fine there."

"Yeah, you don't have any pictures of me for the three days after that do you?"

"No"

"Because I was in bed. One hour of being in the garden caused me back pain for three days."


I think people who are caught performing this kind of fraud should be allowed to continue to collect, right after they have their back broken.

I was thinking this must be in the UK
/How wrong I was

That's the way she goes, boys. The farking way she goes.

clutchcargo2009: syntaxic: Veteran of the Cola Wars: How does one collect 150,000 in disability when the damn checks are only like 600 dollars a month?

I never understood these things.

He's probably been milking it for a while. I'm not sure how it works in California, but here in Kentucky, it's pretty difficult to be removed from disability once you're on it (and trust me, a lot of people are on it around here).

My wife works for the department of disability and I get to hear all sorts of fun/stupid stories. I hope she doesn't hear about this as it will surely validate her claims that so many of the people who get it actually don't need it.

What kind of marriage do you have if you are worried that a claim your wife makes is validated?

He's trying to maintain his faith in humanity.

Damn you, Milos Hattrick!

just me?

The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

SouthernManDunWrong: The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

You think $400,000 in three years is "rich"?

jst3p: SouthernManDunWrong: The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

You think $400,000 in three years is "rich"?

Well he ain't poor. I wouldn't say "rich" either. Comfortable? :)

Just run for the Democrats and become a senator.

Thunderpipes: Just run for the Democrats and become a senator.

If he didn't pay taxes on it he is qualified for a cabinet position.

jst3p: SouthernManDunWrong: The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

You think $400,000 in three years is "rich"?

Well, seeing as how the median income in CA is $64,000, and he made on average $133,000 each year, he probably counts as "rich" to most Americans. I mean, he brings in double the median income for his state.

The fine amounts to $10K/year and about 75 minutes a week for the 3 years he was defrauding. For someone making only $133K per year, if that doesn't teach him and other like minded people a lesson nothing will.

Gamer Grrrl: jst3p: SouthernManDunWrong: The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

You think $400,000 in three years is "rich"?

Well, seeing as how the median income in CA is $64,000, and he made on average $133,000 each year, he probably counts as "rich" to most Americans. I mean, he brings in double the median income for his state.


When I was broke I may have felt the same way. I am closer to that mark than many and I have no doubt when I reach that level of income I won't feel rich.

An earlier post put it well, that's "comfortable".

I'm a WC/DB specialist and while I'm not in claims, I love to look at the video tapes of supposedly crippled people lifting heavy shiat. I laugh and laugh. That's just before we send the police over to arrest them.

I get to have people arrested for other types of fraud. That's fun, too, but it's harder to get a conviction. Juries just love video tapes of supposedly crippled people lifting heavy shiat. Jurists can wrap their minds around a video, which they can't do with the long paper trails I have to present as evidence. Bah.

Gamer Grrrl: Well, seeing as how the median income in CA is $64,000, and he made on average $133,000 each year, he probably counts as "rich" to most Americans. I mean, he brings in double the median income for his state.

Yeah, almost triple even, if you count the $150,000

jst3p: Gamer Grrrl: jst3p: SouthernManDunWrong: The irony is that as a person making $$$, he is a rich disabled tax fraud that will have his taxes raised so that he can pay for 0bama's programs to help out other tax cheats, frauds and shysters.

You think $400,000 in three years is "rich"?

Well, seeing as how the median income in CA is $64,000, and he made on average $133,000 each year, he probably counts as "rich" to most Americans. I mean, he brings in double the median income for his state.


When I was broke I may have felt the same way. I am closer to that mark than many and I have no doubt when I reach that level of income I won't feel rich.

An earlier post put it well, that's "comfortable".

Dude, my husband and I make just shy of $100,000/year, and we live in one of the most expensive cities in the US. We live far, far above "comfortable." If we made $130,000, we'd be visiting exotic places every year and going on European vacations. As it is, we typicaly go on one huge, amazing vacation every 18 months or so.

/Hubby just got laid off, so soon we'll be in "barely making it"
//No Hawaii for us in April now. :(