Dead Woman Gets Federal Stimulus Check

[MacUser]

Dead Woman Gets Federal Stimulus Check
http://www.wbaltv.com/money/19435100/detail.html

ANNE ARUNDEL, Md. -- Millions of Americans on Social Security are receiving $250 checks as part of the president's stimulus plan -- including an Anne Arundel woman who died more than 40 years ago.

The woman's son, 83-year-old James Hagner, said he got the surprise when he checked his mailbox late last week.

"It shocked me and I laughed all at the same time," Hagner said. "I don't even expect to get one for myself, and I get one for my mother from 43 years ago?"

His mother, Rose, died on Memorial Day in 1967.

Social Security representatives said there is a good explanation. Of the about 52 million checks that have been mailed out, about 10,000 of those have been sent to people who are deceased.

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Dead for 40 years? A simple program that compares the individuals birth date verses todays age... could calculate instantly whether this person needs to be removed or not.

She probably VOTED in the last election.

[bibleguy]

So what's it the stimulus check intended to resurrect: the economy or grandma?

CLEAR!!!



We're gonna git'r back up somehow.

[MacUser]

She probably actually paid taxes unlike half of the US.

[MacUser]

Yet more LOOONNNGG dead people get Checks..

Dead People Get Stimulus Checks
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/your_money/c ... lus_Checks

52 million checks, says that some of those checks mistakenly went to dead people because the agency had no record of their death. That amounts to between 8,000 and 10,000 checks for millions of dollars.

The feds blame a rushed schedule, because all the checks have to be cut by June. The strange thing is, some of the checks were made out to people -- like Romonini -- who were never even part of the Social Security system.

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Millions of dollars to loonngg dead people. Yep. Government can do a much better job at managing a business.

Beam me up Scotty.