$1 billion paid to dead people, senator reports
from the Washington Post story on October 29, 2010
[these two quotes]:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/29/1-billion-paid-dead-people-senate-panel-finds/
“Washington paid for dead people’s prescriptions and wheelchairs, subsidized their farms, helped pay their rent, and even chipped in for their heating and air conditioning bills,” Mr. Coburn’s report said.
Mr. Coburn also said Congress is to blame for rules that required dead farmers to receive benefits — more than $1 billion, sent to nearly 173,000 deceased farmers over seven years. Of that, nearly a fifth of the money went to farmers who had been dead at least seven years.
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I can just about guarantee, with some research, that some of that is also going to IDentity Thieves and/or illegal immigrants that work/ed on those farms.
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