Visitors To Times Square Can Receive Their Very Own Cash Stimulus Package, Starting At $50 Per Person, February 3rd & 4th As Part Of The Launch Of The New Video Classified Ads Website, BAILOUTBOOTH.COM. Then he is on to Washington, DC, Boston and Philadelphia.
He won't say his name, hides his face, and he hands out cash to anyone who asks in the middle of New York. The mystery benefactor known only as Bailout Bill sat today behind a counter in the heart of Times Square giving money to hundreds of people waiting in well-below-zero temperatures. From a window marked "Bailout Booth," Bailout Bill gave everyone at least 50 dollars, sometimes a lot more. He was dressed in wraparound black glasses and had a wool hat pulled low over his head. Many of the people waiting for more than five hours were victims of the severe US economic downturn. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs in New York alone. "I’m very appreciative. I might give some to my mother," said Leon McNeil, 25, after being handed 50 dollars. He was laid off by troubled department store Macy’s last December. Bailout Bill’s giveaway aims to raise publicity for a website where you can advertise unwanted possessions. He also wants to help ordinary people in the same way that the government is bailing out banks and other corporations, a spokesman, Drew Tybus said. All people were asked to do was tell their problems to an assistant standing in the street with a microphone and camera. This was the "Bailout Booth’s" second and last day in New York. Next it goes to Washington, DC, Boston and Philadelphia, said spokesman Drew Tybus. Tybus said Bailout Bill would distribute 500,000 dollars before he’s finished. "Bailout Bill can't tell you his real name. We assume there’s too much of a risk. Everyone knows he’s got money, so, well, something could happen," Tybus said. But for anyone thinking of taking the money-for-nothing concept a further and robbing that cash-filled booth, Tybus had a warning. "Those guys standing around here and also in the booth — they’re off duty cops. And they’re armed."
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It's good to know that there are some very wealthy people out there who aren't total assholes who only want to sit and hoard their money in times of crisis. This guy gives me a little bit of hope for the upper-class.
It's good to know that there are some very wealthy people out there who aren't total assholes who only want to sit and hoard their money in times of crisis. This guy gives me a little bit of hope for the upper-class.
It's an advertising scheme... it's not out of the goodness of their hearts...
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benm wrote:
el_lorenzo wrote:
It's good to know that there are some very wealthy people out there who aren't total assholes who only want to sit and hoard their money in times of crisis. This guy gives me a little bit of hope for the upper-class.
It's an advertising scheme... it's not out of the goodness of their hearts...
Be that as it may, it's still nicer than spending thousands on a commercial. Spending money on people rather than tv time and production costs will probably even help their image.
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