Your government at work-dead people get stimulus checks.

[Gardengirl]

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/your_money/consumer/090514_Dead_People_Get_Stimulus_Checks

[Henry Hawk]

it is THIS kind of 'happenings' is why there are 'tea parties' ... people of TIRED of this kind of waste and fraud.

[pariann]

Here is another one:

Stimulus check sent to long-dead woman

BALTIMORE, May 13 (UPI) -- An 83-year-old Maryland man said he was shocked to receive a federal stimulus check addressed to his mother, who's been dead since 1967.

James Hagner, 83, of Anne Arundel County, said he opened his mail last week and was surprised to find the government check, one of millions sent to U.S. citizens on Social Security, addressed to his late mother, Rose, WBAL-TV, Baltimore, reported.

"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?"

Social Security Administration officials said the mid-June deadline for mailing out the checks does not leave enough time for thorough examinations of the program's records. They said an estimated 10,000 of the 52 million checks that have been mailed out were addressed to deceased people.

"I just want to keep it as a souvenir. I'll never cash it," Hagner said.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/05/13/Watercooler-Stories/UPI-54401242210600/

[Exterminator]

Old news...the stimulus was pushed through so quickly that the IRS and SSA didn't have time to review and scrub their files.

[Henry Hawk]

Old news...the stimulus was pushed through so quickly that the IRS and SSA didn't have time to review and scrub their files.

AND THAT IS A PISS POOR REASON....IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ...PUSHED THROUGH SO QUICKLY....

[Exterminator]

AND THAT IS A PISS POOR REASON....IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ...PUSHED THROUGH SO QUICKLY....

You're right and just to make sure that they didn't fuck up when they sent your check, you should return the money immediately pending a thorough review of your account.  I'm sure you're willing to do so; right?

[pariann]

Old news...the stimulus was pushed through so quickly that the IRS and SSA didn't have time to review and scrub their files.

From what I've read, some of these people were never even on social security (or i guess never had a number, like my great great grandmother who died in 1963).  How did they even get in the SS system?   And WHY after 40 or 50 years, weren't they already scrubbed?

[pariann]

You're right and just to make sure that they didn't fuck up when they sent your check, you should return the money immediately pending a thorough review of your account.  I'm sure you're willing to do so; right?

Why would he get a check? These are supposed to only be for those on Social Security right now.

[Henry Hawk]

You're right and just to make sure that they didn't fuck up when they sent your check, you should return the money immediately pending a thorough review of your account.  I'm sure you're willing to do so; right?

I never got a check!!...was i supposed to?  did you?......   do you even know what you are talking about?...

[pariann]

$250 Social Security Payment and Working Credit: I also received some questions regarding whether this payment would be available to otherwise qualified retirees or disabled people who are also social security recipients. The answer is that it will, but in a reduced fashion. Because there is another provision in the overall stimulus bill of a one-time payment of $250 in 2009 to retirees and disabled people receiving Social Security benefits, the $400 income-tax credit (rebate) will be reduced by $250. To clarify: You get the $250 SS credit (which will distributed as an additional payment) plus a reduced $150 working tax credit (total is still $400).

Update to $250 SSI payment: The Social Security Administration (SSA) reports that everyone who is entitled to the $250 payment should receive it by late May 2009. No action is required on your part. They are currently working on the details regarding it will be issued to nearly 55 million beneficiaries. Note: The Making working Pay $400/$800 credit is being paid by the IRS, while the $250 social security payment is being paid out by the SSA. The one-time economic recovery payment will not count as income for SSI.

To receive payment, the beneficiary's address of record must be in a valid US state or territory. Only individuals eligible for Social Security, SSI, Veterans, or Railroad Retirement benefits at any time during the months of November 2008, December 2008, or January 2009 may be eligible for the one-time payment. The $250 payment will be delivered in the same way your current Social Security or SSI benefit is sent.

Uhm.....does this mean that these dead people (some of which were never signed up for SS) are getting a monthly check?

[pariann]

I never got a check!!...was i supposed to?  did you?......   do you even know what you are talking about?...

I think you are getting it in your paycheck, Henry.  Are you getting about $13 more every week?

[Henry Hawk]

I think you are getting it in your paycheck, Henry.  Are you getting about $13 more every week?

I know, I'm just having some fun with Ex..... ...........it's FRIDAY, you know..

[Exterminator]

I never got a check!!...was i supposed to?  did you?......   do you even know what you are talking about?...

I was referring to last year's checks and I'm sure there were a lot of errors with those as well but you weren't bitching then.  And no, I don't get incentive checks.

[pariann]

Quit making so dang much money!!  LOL

[Henry Hawk]

I was referring to last year's checks and I'm sure there were a lot of errors with those as well but you weren't bitching then.  And no, I don't get incentive checks.

as a mater of fact I WAS...it was MORE waste.............but if you think I'm giving BACK money I should have had in the first place then ...you must be high!...

why do you ...selectively call them "incentive" checks?