# Free Government Stuff from Matthew Lesko **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-government-stuff-from-matthew-lesko/27100 "2000-07-27T20:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-government-stuff-from-matthew-lesko/27100/1 "2000-07-27T20:33:49Z")
Anyone ever looked at the stuff he pushes to see how much you can get from the gummint (and if it really works)? I get the idea that he’s a normal guy who’s adopted this “nutty nerd” persona as a shtick to sell books. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-government-stuff-from-matthew-lesko/27100/2 "2000-07-27T20:40:57Z")
I would wager that most of his “Free Stuff” comes in the form of complicated Grants that you don’t qualify for. And, if you do, there are pages and pages and pages and pages of forms and required applications. I just wrestled with a Grant App… not nice. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-government-stuff-from-matthew-lesko/27100/3 "2000-07-27T22:37:38Z")
:: Bump :: I’m curious as well. I always have assumed the same as sdimbert though.