The Cost of a Deadbeat
The Deadbeat Vigilante: Michael Webb Is Working to Solve Our $3 Trillion National Problem - The founder of anti-deadbeat.com believes our country is sick of parasites, slackers, and other cheaters of the system--and he urges us to put our collective foot down.
Lawsuit leeches. Welfare wasters. Porky politicians. Lazy employees who simply don't care. These are just a few examples of the types of deadbeats whose costly and irresponsible behavior makes Michael Webb's blood boil. That's why the self-described "deadbeat vigilante" has started a campaign to expose and eradicate the plague of parasites that are dragging down the honest, productive men and women of America. And he hopes he won't stand alone in his fight for long: he believes there are millions of Americans who share his sentiments and simply need someone to unite them.
"If you listen closely, you can hear a rumble of discontent from those of us who shoulder the financial and emotional burden of our country," says Webb, a registered pharmacist and president of South Carolina's Smith Premier Services. "That rumble is growing slowly and steadily louder. If we can mobilize the responsible, hardworking people who are paying the lion's share of the bills--and get them to stand up to deadbeats in all their insidious forms and shout, 'Enough!'--we can halt the spreading deadbeat plague that threatens the very fabric of our nation."
Command central for Webb's campaign is anti-deadbeat.com. The site provides various features that help visitors identify, expose, and protest against the deadbeats that lie, cheat, and steal their way to an easy life on the backs of the rest of us. Its main purpose is to simply make people aware of the hugeness of the deadbeat population.
In his book, The Cost of a Deadbeat (iUniverse, Inc., 2005, ISBN: 0-5953419-7-7, $13.95), Webb reveals how much deadbeats cost our society in taxes, insurance premiums, product prices, and more. The shocking figure he's come up with: $2,964,878,800,000.
Webb's indignation crosses all political party lines, social classes, and job categories. Those who earn his deadbeat disdain include:
* The bankruptcy bum who spends other people's money, declares bankruptcy, has every debt forgiven . . . and does it all over again.
* The fat cat CEO who gets "rewarded" with a $1.5 million bonus--after his company lays off 15,000 workers.
* The lawsuit leech who files frivolous suits in hopes that she'll hit the jackpot and never have to work again.
* The porky politician who uses his position of power to control government funds for his own personal and political gain.
* The welfare waster who sponges off taxpayers while staring slack-jawed at tacky talk shows and sucking down soda and cigarettes.
* The sick day slacker who calls in "on her deathbed" every time she has a sniffle.
So, what can the average Joe or Jane do about this problem? Obviously, the answer depends on who the deadbeat is and the nature of his offense. But Webb hopes that you will do something-- after all, tolerating deadbeats is what has caused them to proliferate to their current level of saturation.
"If you know someone who is cheating the system, stealing from a company, burdening his coworkers, or whatever, call him on it," urges Webb. "Make his life difficult. If you have to, report him to the authorities. And if you see that current laws are enabling perfectly capable men and women to live a deadbeat lifestyle, take action to get those laws changed. I don't have all the answers, but that's one reason I started anti-deadbeat.com. If enough of us get angry about this problem, we can work together to solve it."
About the Author:
Michael Webb is on an anti-deadbeat mission. He is president of Smith Premier Services, a South Carolina-based company within the JM Smith Corporation, with revenues exceeding $1.2 billion. As a registered pharmacist, he has spent over 35 years in the prescription drug marketplace with hands-on experience in every facet of the industry. He has held senior positions with such respected companies as Prescription Management Services, Inc., Baxter International, Walgreen Company, and Lily/PCS. He has also consulted for the Office of Pharmacy Affairs in Washington and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy from which he graduated. Visit his website at anti-deadbeat.com.
About the Book:
The Cost of a Deadbeat (iUniverse, Inc., 2005, ISBN: 0-5953419-7-7, $13.95) is available in bookstores nationwide, through all major online booksellers, and at anti-deadbeat.com
"If you listen closely, you can hear a rumble of discontent from those of us who shoulder the financial and emotional burden of our country," says Webb, a registered pharmacist and president of South Carolina's Smith Premier Services. "That rumble is growing slowly and steadily louder. If we can mobilize the responsible, hardworking people who are paying the lion's share of the bills--and get them to stand up to deadbeats in all their insidious forms and shout, 'Enough!'--we can halt the spreading deadbeat plague that threatens the very fabric of our nation."
Command central for Webb's campaign is anti-deadbeat.com. The site provides various features that help visitors identify, expose, and protest against the deadbeats that lie, cheat, and steal their way to an easy life on the backs of the rest of us. Its main purpose is to simply make people aware of the hugeness of the deadbeat population.
In his book, The Cost of a Deadbeat (iUniverse, Inc., 2005, ISBN: 0-5953419-7-7, $13.95), Webb reveals how much deadbeats cost our society in taxes, insurance premiums, product prices, and more. The shocking figure he's come up with: $2,964,878,800,000.
Webb's indignation crosses all political party lines, social classes, and job categories. Those who earn his deadbeat disdain include:
* The bankruptcy bum who spends other people's money, declares bankruptcy, has every debt forgiven . . . and does it all over again.
* The fat cat CEO who gets "rewarded" with a $1.5 million bonus--after his company lays off 15,000 workers.
* The lawsuit leech who files frivolous suits in hopes that she'll hit the jackpot and never have to work again.
* The porky politician who uses his position of power to control government funds for his own personal and political gain.
* The welfare waster who sponges off taxpayers while staring slack-jawed at tacky talk shows and sucking down soda and cigarettes.
* The sick day slacker who calls in "on her deathbed" every time she has a sniffle.
So, what can the average Joe or Jane do about this problem? Obviously, the answer depends on who the deadbeat is and the nature of his offense. But Webb hopes that you will do something-- after all, tolerating deadbeats is what has caused them to proliferate to their current level of saturation.
"If you know someone who is cheating the system, stealing from a company, burdening his coworkers, or whatever, call him on it," urges Webb. "Make his life difficult. If you have to, report him to the authorities. And if you see that current laws are enabling perfectly capable men and women to live a deadbeat lifestyle, take action to get those laws changed. I don't have all the answers, but that's one reason I started anti-deadbeat.com. If enough of us get angry about this problem, we can work together to solve it."
About the Author:
Michael Webb is on an anti-deadbeat mission. He is president of Smith Premier Services, a South Carolina-based company within the JM Smith Corporation, with revenues exceeding $1.2 billion. As a registered pharmacist, he has spent over 35 years in the prescription drug marketplace with hands-on experience in every facet of the industry. He has held senior positions with such respected companies as Prescription Management Services, Inc., Baxter International, Walgreen Company, and Lily/PCS. He has also consulted for the Office of Pharmacy Affairs in Washington and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy from which he graduated. Visit his website at anti-deadbeat.com.
About the Book:
The Cost of a Deadbeat (iUniverse, Inc., 2005, ISBN: 0-5953419-7-7, $13.95) is available in bookstores nationwide, through all major online booksellers, and at anti-deadbeat.com
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