The article on Friday, Nov. 9, stated Phil Lyman still owes $90,000 in restitution and is able to pay it off in $100 payments per month. By my calculations, it will take 75 years to pay the amount owed. I do not think he will live long enough to pay this off.
I am a far cry from an accountant or attorney, but it seems to me anyone can do the math. Do his heirs still owe the debt? Is the debt something that disappears when he dies? Does the U.S. Attorney’s Office give other people such good deals? Any interest calculated?
I do not understand how a person so in debt to the U.S. can be elected to a public office. Politics must pay way more than meets the eye.
Laurel McKenney, Sandy
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