You’re going to most likely hate me (if you don’t already) after you hear my take on this story in the WaPo.
The headline reads: D.C. Family, Court at Odds Over Woman’s Funeral Costs
Initially, I thought to myself, “Hmmm, Informer, I wonder how D.C. government has screwed someone now.” Then I read the details of the article and that vein in my neck that pulsates when a story really pisses me off nearly burst.
The source of my anger (for once) is NOT D.C. It’s a family ingrained with victim mentality on a scale rarely seen.
Here’s the lowdown:
For almost a month, the embalmed body of Toni Brown has lain in a District funeral home.
At issue is the $6,000 the funeral home says it needs to bury Brown. The funeral home has given Brown’s family until tomorrow to come up with the money or consider cremation.
Brown’s relatives say they don’t have the money and insist that the city should pay for the funeral.
Let’s stop there for a minute. Why would this family think the city should pay for her funeral in the first place? Because D.C. (which was news to me) has a compensation fund that will pay $6,000 for funeral costs to victims of homicide.
So, let me get this part straight. The families of people who are murdered by some pathetic punk are entitled to taxpayer money to help bury their loved one because it happened within the confines of the District?
How is this logical? What the hell part did the average D.C. tax payer play in the person’s murder? I’ll answer that for you: None! So, what the eff is the government doling out six grand for? I can answer that too. Because some assholes think it is the government’s job to feed, clothe, and shelter the people from cradle to grave in exchange for power over them. That’s an issue for another time though.
So why isn’t this family of leeches getting their six grand?
The D.C. medical examiner told Brown’s family that she had several ailments, including hypertension and high blood pressure. Brown’s family said she was healthy before she was shot two years ago by a former girlfriend. They say her health problems were caused by the shooting.
Because Brown’s death was not ruled a homicide, D.C. authorities say her family is not entitled to receive any money from a compensation fund that aids relatives of homicide victims and is overseen by the D.C. Superior Court.
So let me clarify for you. Brown was shot 2 years ago, but didn’t die until around 30 days ago. The medical examiner believes her death was the result of her other medical ailments and not the shooting, but the family claims she didn’t have the other ailments until the shooting which would mean indirectly it was the shooting that caused her death. Whew! Get all that?
At this point I can see where a rational human being would say, the medical examiner could be:
- Wrong in his assessment
- Trying to save the tax payers some money so he blames something else for the cause of death to get out of paying
Either of those scenarios are certainly possible in my mind and since other people are getting the money why the hell not just go ahead and try to get your share too.
Here is where I nearly blew a gasket:
After the shooting, the victims’ compensation fund gave Brown and her family $10,000 to cover her lost wages. For the past year and a half, Brown had used the money for items for herself and her mother, Stephany Hill, including a bed, clothes, living room furniture and a 26-inch flat-screen TV for their house in Southeast Washington, Hill said. She used $393, the last of the money, to pay for the blue suit Brown now wears.
Are you f*cking kidding me???? Did I just read that right? Let me do that again.
After the shooting, the victims’ compensation fund gave Brown and her family $10,000 to cover her lost wages. For the past year and a half, Brown had used the money for items for herself and her mother, Stephany Hill, including a bed, clothes, living room furniture and a 26-inch flat-screen TV for their house in Southeast Washington, Hill said. She used $393, the last of the money, to pay for the blue suit Brown now wears.
Maybe I am just a heartless bastard, but any shread of sympathy I had for this family just went out the window.
Let me attempt to get my head around this. This family has already received $10,000 ($4,000 more than the $6,000 they feel entitled to receive) and blew that money on the obvious necessities of living such as a bed, clothes, living room furniture and a 26-inch flat-screen TV?
Sometimes the sheer balls people in this city have leaves me speechless. Per capita, I would bet that D.C. has the most selfish people in the world. But (yet again) that is an issue for another time.
The ultra liberals who dominate this area at the moment will find me to be a cold-hearted, selfish bastard for being angry at this. On the other side of the political spectrum, the ultra right-wing conservatives will whole-heartedly agree with me.
Let’s get one thing clear: This isn’t about politics. It is about people. It’s about human nature.
This family has lived their entire lives feeling entitled to handout after handout. Don’t believe me? Read it and weep:
In April, doctors released Brown from the rehab center and allowed her to return to the government-subsidized home she shared with her mother and siblings. Medicaid paid for the on-call nurse who visited the house.
Their entire lives have been built on freebies from the government. Does that make them bad people? Not necessarily. But it does encourage their behavior to sit back on their asses and expect a check. It has always come before. Why wouldn’t it now?
It also explains their behavior of blowing through $10,000 on bullshit instead of food, shelter, and bills. That was extra money to them. The other subsidies already took care of the necessities so they figured why not buy some bling?
Here’s the point I am trying to make: Giving handouts doesn’t ever solve the problem because people are going to be people. If they can get it for free most people will until the well runs dry.
Entire generations in this city have grown up expecting handouts cleverly described as “assistance” and cases like this one are the result.
