Heaven forfend you reclaim money you've actually earned, potentially stripping away a little scrap of our missile defense shield or stubbornly meted out food stamps.

Don't give up, Leonard! Don't take no static from an Instamatic.

I think you're still off.

There's no money, thems the rubs
Leonard got screwed by the _____.

I say try to go for it... you are owed, but yeah, within the limits of your own tolerance of patience and mental/emotional effort.

Don't worry about the taxpayer etc.

It would be an honor for some of my tax dollars to go to a talented hardworking fellow American like yourself, rather than supporting slave labor in the Mariana islands, or war profiteering in Iraq. But it could be a slog.

I wish the ____ wasn't such a maroon.

If it is any comfort, the company that I am working for, NOW, has lost two separate invoices for one job I did for them, and put a hold on a second. There is a third job I did in August that they still won't acknowledge that they owe me for.

No advice here, but a fun story, I guess. The Wife did some work for the City/County government, and before she can get paid (as of right now, she still has not) They told her she had to have a business license. She doesn't. She's been full-time freelance writing for YEARS, and she's never had to, but if she wanted her check, she had to get one, so she went and got one for $40. Here's the awesome part... these licenses renew by the calendar year, so it is good for less than 2 weeks from the time she bought it.

It is, as required, posted in a visible location in her "office" (the spare bedroom).

Back on topic, here: Go for the money, dude. I will gladly pay a few cents extra in taxes to help one less freelancer get fucked over.

As far as I'm concerned, go ahead and sue...the Canadian taxpayer won't be on the hook, so it won't cost me personally anything at all!

If you can get your money, dude, go try.

That's really all I have, sorry.