{"id":5425,"date":"2012-10-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/10\/14\/student-returns-690000000-veteran-affairs-check\/"},"modified":"2012-10-14T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T04:00:00","slug":"student-returns-690000000-veteran-affairs-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/10\/14\/student-returns-690000000-veteran-affairs-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Student returns $690,000,000 Veteran Affairs check"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5424\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/e4c07973dbc8eb2f7380bdedc4201087.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: Jimmy Fallon show\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Michelle Obama shows off dance moves on the Jimmy Fallon show\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/>\n<p>What would you do with over half a BILLION dollars?\u00a0 Go on a shopping spree? 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Donate to charity or help the less unfortunate?\u00a0 Allen Smith returned the $690,000 check he received!!<\/p>\n<p>Every month the 22 year old receives a $650 Veteran Affairs dependency check from the Department of Treasury to help with his schooling.\u00a0 He gets these checks because his father served in the Air Force.\u00a0 Last month, instead of his usual $650 check, he received a check for $690,000,000!!!!!!\u00a0 That&#8217;s over half a BILLION dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s mother, Patricia Attwood Smith, told WTVM, &#8220;He immediately, immediately went to the VA officer at Fort Benning &#8230; (and) turned in the check.&#8221; She said that she is very proud of her son.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are good people in the world that do the right thing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jST8qgy5ywM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jST8qgy5ywM<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Peace &amp; Love,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Good World News<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do with over half a BILLION dollars?\u00a0 Go on a shopping spree? 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