For years Michael Jackson provided his parents $60,000 a month to live on.  Now the gravy train, at least for his father Joe, is over.  Michael has left him nothing. Of course I can’t pretend to know all the motivations running around in Joe Jackson’s head.  But his latest attempt at money grabbing is not a good marker.  Joe has appealed to the court, hoping to get more money out of his dead son’s estate.  Acording to him, his expenses are  $15,000 a month, bottom line.  Apparently he cannot live on any less.  Huh?  What does an 80 year old man do with that kind of money?  Statistically speaking, when a human being gets into that age group, he or she ought to be thinking of more pressing concerns than squirreling away cash. (more…)

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