Disabled man loses home over parking ticket

Welcome to BushAmerica - the meanest society in the world.

A few years ago, a Milwaukee man got a $50 parking ticket. He forgot about paying it because of his own health problems and the death of his father. The man (who was once a Democratic candidate for the Wisconsin legislature) is now 62 and has been disabled since 2001 by painful degenerative diseases, chronic respiratory illness, diabetes, and other conditions. His disability left him financially ruined.

But now the city has suddenly remembered that old parking fine. So they've decided to foreclose on his house.

Foreclosing on his house because of a $50 parking citation?

What caused the parking fine in the first place? It's because he parked the car with no plates in his own driveway. He couldn't get the plates renewed until he had the money to fix the radiator.

You read that right: He's losing his house because of a $50 fine for parking his car on his own driveway.

And Bill O'Reilly complains about having it rough?

The only reason he was even caught for the parking "offense" was that his brother was mad at him and ratted him out.

Heavy-handed government actions against people who are in no position to fight are how societies end. For too long, laws have been written to favor the powerful. Now, for all you used to hear about America someday becoming a corporatist command state, it's happened.

(Source: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=779234)