When You Pay For Dysfunction You Get Dysfunction

J.J. Jackson* | February 27, 2007 

Filed Under Conservative Musings

You generally get what you pay for.

A woman who coached her two children to appear developmentally disabled so she could claim disability benefits for them pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Rosie Costello, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court in Tacoma to Social Security fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government.

Costello of Vancouver, Wash., is scheduled to be sentenced May 17. The conspiracy charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and the Social Security fraud charge is punishable by up to five years in prison. Both charges carry a fine of up to $250,000.

Investigators said Costello coached her daughter and son to feign symptoms of mental retardation for years, bilking the state and federal governments out of more than $280,000.

Her son, Pete Costello, continued the ruse into adulthood and was caught only after he appeared in District Court in Vancouver to challenge a traffic ticket, according to court documents.

Pete Costello, 28, pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud Feb. 9. He is to be sentenced May 11.

If you pay people to be dysfunctional they will be dysfunctional.

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2 Responses to “When You Pay For Dysfunction You Get Dysfunction”

  1. JohnT on March 1st, 2007 1:58 pm

    This is the most dysfunctional piece of writing I’ve ever seen. A more appropriate approache would be, “When crime pays, some people will be criminals.”

  2. RonniesRayGun on March 1st, 2007 5:06 pm

    Yeah, but he’s the guy with the blog that thousands of people read every day and you are just a poor little person commenting on it.

    His title is accurate. Just get over it.

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