Wednesday, November 19, 2008

You Owe Us $0.01. Pay us, or else...




















People who have probably more than enough money are getting bailouts up and down for mistakes they made and their greed.

However, a woman in Massachusetts was threatened because she owed $0.01--1-cent-- to the city of Attelboro. If she did not pay the bill of 1-cent, she would be charged $48 late fee and a lien would be placed on her home.

One penny! No one in the city could have just tossed one in for her?! Many people in the city of Attelboro offered to chip in the remainder of the amount due for the utility bill. A former city council member wrote a check in the amount of 1-cent.

I kind of wonder why the woman billed could not have paid the penny she owed. Regardless, this whole thing is ridiculous.

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