tk421
Posts: 8,500
Oct 8, 2010 12:37am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_stimulus_checks_dead_people
The gist of the article is that the government in their wisdom rushed ahead with the "emergency" legislation and as a result 72,000 dead people received a stimulus payment. Man, I bet that money really helped stimulate the economy. Wow, way to go government. I can feel the efficiency from here.
Also, note that apparently being in prison you can still receive a government bailout. I bet the illegal contraband black market got a big boost in the joint. Thank you government.
The gist of the article is that the government in their wisdom rushed ahead with the "emergency" legislation and as a result 72,000 dead people received a stimulus payment. Man, I bet that money really helped stimulate the economy. Wow, way to go government. I can feel the efficiency from here.
Also, note that apparently being in prison you can still receive a government bailout. I bet the illegal contraband black market got a big boost in the joint. Thank you government.
Dead people were ineligible to get the payments. But, the report said, there is no provision in the law to recover payments incorrectly sent to dead people.
BGFalcons82
Posts: 2,173
Oct 8, 2010 11:27am
They are just paying off their dead voters, just like the unions, trial lawyers, and ACORN. It's just politics...what are so upset about? They've been doing these things for years and years...it's the way it is. Look the other way like we've been doing for decades, OK? :rolleyes:
IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
Oct 8, 2010 11:33am
Is this really surprising?
This is the same government that had the treasury secretary (Hank Paulson) show up on Capital hill with a 3 page bill asking for $700 Billion within a week or the world was going to end and they gave it to him.
The idiocy of our government knows no bounds.
This is the same government that had the treasury secretary (Hank Paulson) show up on Capital hill with a 3 page bill asking for $700 Billion within a week or the world was going to end and they gave it to him.
The idiocy of our government knows no bounds.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Oct 8, 2010 1:22pm
Imagine health care in their hands.
Change we can believe in ............
Change we can believe in ............
believer
Posts: 8,153
Oct 8, 2010 5:18pm
If those dead people don't want the money they can sign their checks over payable to Believer. 
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Oct 8, 2010 5:32pm
No way Believer! Ladies before gentlemen
Besides, I'm going on a trip in 7 days... I need to bring home trinkets!
Besides, I'm going on a trip in 7 days... I need to bring home trinkets!
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Oct 8, 2010 7:05pm
tk421;511430 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_stimulus_checks_dead_people
The gist of the article is that the government in their wisdom rushed ahead with the "emergency" legislation and as a result 72,000 dead people received a stimulus payment. Man, I bet that money really helped stimulate the economy. Wow, way to go government. I can feel the efficiency from here.
Also, note that apparently being in prison you can still receive a government bailout. I bet the illegal contraband black market got a big boost in the joint. Thank you government.
Why not--- the dead and the people in prison likely were registered and voted democrat anyway (Wink, wink).
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Oct 8, 2010 8:39pm
Were they dead when the checks were written?
believer
Posts: 8,153
Oct 9, 2010 8:17am
Oh I think it's possible 72,000 people died the day the checks were cut but do I think it's probable?I Wear Pants;512358 wrote:Were they dead when the checks were written?
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Oct 9, 2010 3:02pm
I Wear Pants;512358 wrote:Were they dead when the checks were written?
Even if some of them did, don't you think a smart government would have thought about that and made a provision to get the money back? Wow, and these people are supposed to be the brightest in the country. Yeah, right.
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
Oct 11, 2010 9:17am
We get bilked out of this much money every week by Haliburton....
believer
Posts: 8,153
Oct 11, 2010 10:16am
Thread Bomber;515891 wrote:We get bilked out of this much money every week by Haliburton....
A. Waayyyyyyyyyyyy old....get with the program.
B. So if Haliburton bilks us the Feds should too?
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Oct 11, 2010 10:36am
Two wrongs make it evenbeliever;515923 wrote:A. Waayyyyyyyyyyyy old....get with the program.
B. So if Haliburton bilks us the Feds should too?
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
Oct 11, 2010 10:37am
A: Still going on
B: Yet another instance of not just government waste.....and incompetence.
B: Yet another instance of not just government waste.....and incompetence.
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Oct 11, 2010 11:13am
Bomber, so is your point adding to, or taking away, from government efficiency? I guess I'm just not understanding anything today lol
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
Oct 11, 2010 12:11pm
In the scheme of things....18 million aint squat. Collectively it's huge.