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Matthew Lesko, Savior and Friend of the Poor Viewer
By: N Powell
There is a guy running about in a purple suit dotted by yellow question marks, being chased by a giant book on legs, shouting about free money that government has for you. You have to wonder how much money the government is really giving away after watching this person who is the epitome of a fashion-challenged Riddler from the 1960’s television series, Batman. After all, that is what late-night infomercial king Matthew Lesko hawks for everyday people like you and me: a vast array of grants set aside for us at the generosity of the U.S. government. According to Mr. Lesko, it seems that our government has such huge coffers of ready cash that the Social Security debate is a non-entity and our ever-widening deficit is a dream.
We should be proud. Matthew Lesko used to be like us. That is what his website, www.matthew-lesko.com, would have you believe. He used to be a hard-working consultant who helped Fortune 500 companies obtain free government grants. He started thinking about how corporations were making huge dollars off the backs of the normal everyday Americans. His epiphany led him to quit his day job and pursue a position would help normal everyday Americans get free money. In so doing, Matthew made his fortune.
Matthew Lesko originally hails from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He attended and received a Bachelor’s degree from Marquette University. He is a bonafide patriot, having served in the navy during the Vietnam War.
When Matthew Lesko isn’t busy dancing frenetically around your late-night television screen in his offbeat neon clothing and horn-rimmed glasses, enticing you to get on the bandwagon, he’s likely to be spending quality time at his home in Kensington, Maryland with his lovely wife and two sons. Heck, he’s probably even teaching them the fine art of scamming us hard-working folks.
As well as being a comedic talent on late night television, Mr. Lesko is a prolific author on the subject of obtaining free government money. He claims to have written over 70 highly successful books, some of which appeared on the New York Times Bestseller’s List. These books include How to Write and Get Grants, Free Money to Pay Your Bills, Free Money to Change Your Life, and Free Money for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs.
According to Matthew, the government has tons of free grants waiting at its doorsteps. The free moneys that our government wants to give away are those that welfare recipients are familiar with and usually get: food stamps, Medicaid, and Medicare. His ideal client is the poor viewer who actually buys those books when he or she can get the money free anyway, provided they meet the necessary qualifications. Since the free money is normally reserved for the poor, Matthew Lesko believes that we, the viewers, are entitled to it.
The level of fame that Matthew Lesko has is astounding. He’s so famous that he appears only on late-night television. He’s so famous that he feels justified to drive around in a car plastered with neon question marks. He’s so famous that he’s allowed to infiltrate our lives, and as obnoxious as he may be, dutifully appeal to our righteous sense of entitlement and indignation of government wrongs.
What we as consumers have to remember is what valuable a service our TV hosts offer us. As it says on Matthew’s website, “Let Matthew be you guide to free money.” He’s so incredibly good that he’s got the New York State Consumer Protection Board on his tail. Says a lot about our TV friend, doesn’t it?
About the Author
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