२२ फेब्रुवारी, २०१३

"A shoeshine man has given a Pittsburgh children’s hospital a total of more than $200,000 in tips he’s collected over the last 30 years."

"Albert Lexie says he’s been shining shoes for $5 at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh since the early 1980s. He says most customers tip him $1 and some give him an extra $2."

२७ टिप्पण्या:

MayBee म्हणाले...

Some people are so good. It's beautiful.

Wince म्हणाले...

Sick. I couldn't believe the hospital took it all.

Any kind of reciprocal spirit of charity would have the hospital take so much a year with the remainder, if any, to the hospital, but at least leaving the man something to live on.

Methadras म्हणाले...

This man is everything Obama could never be or become. At the very least honest and charitable.

edutcher म्हणाले...

Should have invested it

Wince म्हणाले...

An arrangement easily structured.

Are charitable gifts subject to the "lookback" disqualification if he needs medicaid?

The hospital should really have to account for this.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Tax this man!

Regulate that business!

अनामित म्हणाले...

Kindness equals decency squared.

Strelnikov म्हणाले...

Stand by for IRS audit in 5, 4, 3....

Seeing Red म्हणाले...

Cue the IRS........did he declare his tips?

BigFire म्हणाले...

Yeah, IRS will be visiting him about his undeclared tips.

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

Mr. Lexie is generous with more than just money.

He once gave me some great advice.

He said, "Get rhythym, when you get the blues."

Methadras म्हणाले...

Seeing Red said...

Cue the IRS........did he declare his tips?

2/22/13, 10:27 AM

Blogger BigFire said...

Yeah, IRS will be visiting him about his undeclared tips.


One of the most glaring things wrong with this country.

Chip S. म्हणाले...

Any trouble he has w/ the IRS will be the best new argument for replacing the income tax w/ a consumption tax.

ndspinelli म्हणाले...

I feel sorry for people here and elsewhere who don't understand the fundamental beauty in generosity. This is generosity in its purest form.

Rusty म्हणाले...

ndspinelli said...
I feel sorry for people here and elsewhere who don't understand the fundamental beauty in generosity. This is generosity in its purest form.

That would be the government.
His generosity is a lesson to us all.

Cody Jarrett म्हणाले...

as a percentage of income or net worth, how many hundreds of percent more than barry, biden and any other top democrat (gore...bubba's used undies...) does this work out to be?

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

Hey, he can't do that. There is a law against it. Yes, there really is. The law requires that he be punished and quite severely.

Enjoy the decline.

bagoh20 म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
bagoh20 म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
bagoh20 म्हणाले...

We just decided in November to not hire a man who is probably the most generous one who ever ran for the office, and a man who probably saved or created more jobs than any previous candidate, and we decided against him at a time when we need both jobs and charity very badly. Instead, we chose... well, you know what we got.

I'm like the bizarro Michelle Obama. For the first time in my life, I'm not proud of my country.

MayBee म्हणाले...

Bagoh- I still can't believe that happened.

William म्हणाले...

I bet everyone in that hospital now feels compelled to tip him a little extra. Properly played this could be a cost leader that will make him money.....I think that if Meade & Althouse that they were going to give half their income from Amazon to the Orphan Children with Leprosy Fund, there would be a sizable bump in income.

Bill S. म्हणाले...

May God bless him.

RigelDog म्हणाले...

This man will wear a golden crown in heaven. Oh, and 'Burghers are the best!

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

".I think that if Meade & Althouse that they were going to give half their income from Amazon to the Orphan Children with Leprosy Fund, there would be a sizable bump in income."

Unless they expect their income to double from it, that suggestion just hit the floor at Meadehouse like an exhausted Labrador.

bleh म्हणाले...

Oh I see. It wasn't a one-time gift, it was something he had been doing all along for thirty years. Impressive.

The article said he'd given a third of his salary to the hospital. So he's made $600,000 in 30 years? If true, that's astonishing generosity. Perhaps he makes side income doing something less, shall we say, reputable.

Obviously this will all be sorted out in his IRS audit. He must not be paying his fair share to the government, which is something to which we all belong.

Roux म्हणाले...

Don't give it to a hospital they will just piss it away.