The bankruptcy documents are interesting. I skimmed them when they were first linked at Jack Brewer's blog, and had a couple of
Holy Fucking Shit moments, like the $55k he borrowed from some local guy and flaked on. Part of the $97k total that was erased when the bankruptcy went through. The $678 car payment, and another $600 or so in car related expenses.
Gene gets, according to the docs, $1233 every month from Social Security. Barbara gets another $520, for a total of $1753. That seems about right, based on what some of my relatives get and the *ahem* work history of those two. Gene claimed a bit more than $1000 from the "radio shows" and web sites, for a total of $2800 per month, not counting the panhandling income. I doubt the $1000 from ads and subs is quite legit (for 2016), but the SS numbers would be very easy for the court to verify. So he does not get $2800 from Social Security. He gets $1753.
I'm sure ad and sub revenue is way down, so I have no doubt he really is in a tough spot. If the car-related numbers were anywhere near real, then his damned car eats up his whole SS check and then some. Get rid of the stupid car, Gene, and if you must have a car for self-esteem reasons or moving from hotel to motel, or to live in, then get something you can afford. $5000 will get you a really nice, well kept car just about anywhere if you are a competent shopper. Even with that train wreck of a credit history, you could get something Uber approved for much, much less than you are paying now.
His mess is of course the product of many years of bad decisions, so I don't expect him to get his act together. Ever. Two thousand a month is enough to live on if you are careful and responsible. A part time job, say $500 a month, would make a big difference. As I have said many times, I know people raising kids on $2500 per month after taxes. Hell, I have neighbors doing that, and I live in a little mountain town with high rents.
Anyway, here's a link. You too can follow the info there and find the Paracast apparently based in a $300k home up halfway to Flagstaff and other goodies. Maybe that's where Sis lives, in a place her husband swindled someone out of, who knows?
https://www.keepandshare.com/doc5/23190/gs-bankr-pdf-317k?da=y