LOL: Diner owner whose menu lampoons Obama guilty in welfare fraud case

[tenderfoot]

typical...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The owner of a diner whose menu includes a "Dictator Obama" egg special that comes with a grossly inflated tax has admitted he defrauded the government of more than $23,000 in welfare benefits.

Michael P. Tassone, owner of the American Diner in suburban Liverpool, was sentenced May 5 to a one year conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to offering a false instrument for filing, a misdemeanor.

Tassone paid $23,354 in restitution to the Onondaga County Department of Social Services as part of the disposition of the five-year-old case, Senior Assistant District Attorney Michael Kasmarek said.

Tassone and his diner were featured in a Fox News story in March because of the unique menu it offers customers.

At the American Diner, you can order a "Dictator Obama/NYS Special (King Cuomo)" plate of eggs and toast for $3.59 plus tax. But the tax on it is $27.99, according to the menu.

Tassone's menu also includes "The Anti-Michelle Obama Don't Tell Me What To Eat Or Feed My Kids Burger."

Tassone's restaurant offers a decidedly Conservative brand of politics along with its breakfast and lunch platters.

The outside of Tassone's restaurant is decorated with "Repeal the SAFE Act" signs, referring to the tough gun control law that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through, and "Don't Tread on Me" and American flags. Inside, the decor includes an Uncle Sam statue, Three Stooges photos, and a "Chia Obama" box depicting Obama as a chia plant.

Tassone's menu says "We encourage legal carry on premises" and "We encourage prayer/grace."

"Guys like me are a target. Because I speak the truth," Tassone told syracuse.com on March 9 while explaining his reluctance to be photographed or interviewed.

more: http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/06/owner_of_diner_whose_menu_lampoons_obama_guilty_in_welfare_fraud_case.html

[hobbit709]

1. Is anyone surprised by this?

[Downwinder]

5. I am surprised he could get Medicaid.

NY must have different qualifications than Texas.

[MADem]

2. Is there any CROW on that menu? The owner ought to whip himself up a plate! LOL! nt

[snooper2]

3. I had an image of this douchebag in my head...after searching the googles I was right on

LOL

[MrScorpio]

4. If he wasn't a welfare cheat he wouldn't have these here problems...

Now, would he?

[malaise]

6. Robbing the taxpayers of America ought to warrant the same penalties as robbing a bank-perhaps more

because the bank is a for profit business.
The truth is that some of these frauds hold elected office.
They don't want anything but the shell of government - they want to loot government and their racist base who benefit from the fraud elect them while screaming Jebus (because it is often they who benefit with a wink and a nod).
There is no right and wrong with these folks. As long as they remain the 'entitled', it's what Jebus ordained.

It's why they like Trump.

The good news - they're fewer of them than they think.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. If you are smart

you keep politics out of your business- you're bound to piss off 50% of the people.

[struggle4progress]

8. "See? Now we're even losing our freedom to defraud the gummint!"