Texas Mutual: Man Earned $10K a Week While Receiving Benefits

November 16, 2007

  • November 16, 2007 at 8:16 am
    zamali says:
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    If you are not military, you can make $10,000 per week in Iraq. Why do you think so many military are going awol. They make more in a month than they make all year doing the same thing. And we, the taxpayers are paying the high price.

  • November 16, 2007 at 10:22 am
    pyramider says:
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    He was probably not given jail time due to the fact its a nonviolent crime and where would they put him. Making 10K per week, he could reasonably pay the restitution within a month, or less.

  • November 16, 2007 at 2:22 am
    Ethan says:
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    Let’s see now……..you’re an over-compensated scumbag who commits insurance fraud by collecting benefits you’re not entitled to and your sentence is five years of “deferred adjudication” (no jail time?) and repayment of the money? What’s wrong with this picture? Unless they tag him for compounded interest this donkey gets away with a free loan. We should all take advantage of this scam. The courts obviously don’t care.

  • November 16, 2007 at 5:10 am
    Chuck says:
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    forget the fine and punishment, where do i get a job making $10,000 per week?

  • November 16, 2007 at 6:30 am
    Don't you watch TV? says:
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    I see commercials on TV all the time to be able to earn this much. This guy must have been successful at it! Or he could have turned into an attorney or politician….

  • November 19, 2007 at 7:13 am
    lastbat says:
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    N. Judge, I thought some of the federal contractors had worked this deal for themselves as well. Good to know I was wrong on that one. And in this case would make it even easier to tie in since taxes would be withdrawn from his paycheck and could trigger the audit.

    Thanks for the info!

  • November 19, 2007 at 11:17 am
    lastbat says:
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    They should make him pay interest on it. That is only fair after all.

    This one shouldn’t have been hard to find. This is what we need linked databases for. Unless you’re getting paid cash there is always a paper trail. All it should take is the computer noticing that this week you paid taxes and got your time-loss payment for those payments to stop until an investigation is completed.

  • November 19, 2007 at 11:18 am
    lastbat says:
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    Of course my last statement didn’t account for the fact that taxes aren’t paid in a combat zone – depending on the contract. But you could also hook it up to passport use – if you’re well enough to fly you’re well enough to work.

  • November 19, 2007 at 11:54 am
    wudchuck says:
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    here’s the problem when u think about that contract of $10k@wk. if that was given for a work to be completed outside of the US, it’s not accountable for income or taxes…if you look in the paper, you will see plenty of jobs for iraq w/good pay – simple reason – combat zone; but there are other jobs with good pay w/o income taxes well, again, most of those are outside of the US…as far as interest-NO! workman’s comp does not pay out in interest nor should it be paid back w/interest, but what should have happened is paid back in full plus punitive damages – damages because he knew full well, it was against the law!…

  • November 19, 2007 at 2:53 am
    N. Judge says:
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    The combat zone military pay exclusion applies only to members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Neither federal civilian employees nor civilian defense contractors deployed with U.S. forces qualify for an exclusion of income earned while working in a combat zone or qualified hazardous duty area.



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