Dead People Receiving Stimulus Checks
Good news for zombies! You may have a check in the mail!
This week, thousands of people are getting stimulus checks in the mail. The problem is that a lot of them are dead. A Long Island woman was shocked when she checked the mail and received a letter from the U.S. Treasury — but it wasn’t for her.
Antoniette Santopadre of Valley Stream was expecting a $250 stimulus check. But when her son finally opened it, they saw that the check was made out to her father, Romolo Romonini, who died in Italy 34 years ago. He’d been a U.S. citizen when he left for Italy in 1933, but only returned to the United Stated for a seven-month visit in 1969.
The Santopadres are not alone. The Social Security Administration, which sent out 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 about] this is, some of the checks were made out to people — like Romonini — who were never even part of the Social Security system.
I wonder if it will include a ‘thank you for voting Democrat’ card with the check? This is just one more example of big government incompetence and failure.
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Posted by Jay on May 15, 2009 7:09 am
» Filed Under 1st Amendment, Democrats, Economy, News, Recession/Depression, Stupidity, bailouts, stimulus bill
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Now, who’ll go the extra mile and see if Romonini (and others like him) voted in last Fall’s election? *heh*
The other ridiculous thing about this is that Life-Challenged Americans are among the least likely to spend their money in ways that actually stimulate the economy.
I wonder…..if I bribe my doc to sign my death certificate, and send it in, will they send me a check too?