Naval official rejects Mid's appeal

Bill0510
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:27:04 +0000

People are, indeed, funny about “retaining an attorney.”
Most would not hesitate, in a heartbeat [so to speak], about going to a doctor should they have a health problem. Frequently, however, people think they can handle complicated [especially when it comes to dealing w/ the government] issues on their own.

Forgetting for a moment the endless choir that thinks we are too lawyered up in this country [those same people who wouldn’t hesitate to hire an attorney if THEY were in trouble and, of course, benefit in many ways from the legal system developed in this country], I just gave this advice to a person who said they “could not afford an attorney.”

There are three times in your life when you MUST come up with the money for an attorney.

When you are threatened with prison;
When you are threatened with deportation; or,
When your children are threatened.

Fortunately, for me, I deal w/ all three issues. He CAN afford an attorney [sell that house for example], he just doesn’t want to afford one. The government will not give up in collecting these debts [despite what many of the chattering class say]. Get the family and friends to give up the drinkin’, the smokin’, the rock and roll and its amazing what kind of money one can accumulate.

I don’t know the circumstances of the young man the subject of this inquiry, but he does seem to have some issues that need addressing. Either way, he is going to have to pay for those 20-seconds.