In yet another stunning show of competence, the federal government is now sending out thousands of stimulus checks to deceased people- most of whom, i’m sure, voted for Barack Obama. When the feds began sending out the checks, cases like the following began popping up (via Fox NY):
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 States for a seven-month visit in 1969.
It’s estimated that anywhere between 8 to 10 thousand checks were sent to the dea, containing millions of dollars. The feds are saying that they were rushed because the checks had to be made out by June. But now questions are being raised about some of the recipients, including the above example, who had never even been entered into the social security system.
This begs the question: do we really want a government that can’t even get something as simple as this right making healthcare decisions for people? I don’t.
May 16, 2009 at 12:48 pm |
You, obviously, are just bigoted against zombies.
Undead Amnericans?
Actually, I think that the approved term these days is “metabolically challenged.”