Posted on 01/17/2025 8:19:18 PM PST by ransomnote
[H/T bitt]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.”
The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave the Department of Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration ’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of the omnibus appropriations bill in 2021. The SSA maintains the most complete federal database of individuals who have died, and the file contains more than 142 million records, which go back to 1899, according to the Treasury.
The Treasury projects that it will recover more than $215 million during its three-year access period, which runs from December 2023 through 2026.
“These results are just the tip of the iceberg,” the Treasury’s Fiscal Assistant Secretary David Lebryk said in a news release.
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Mom passed near the middle of September last year and I knew her SSA check would be corrected. If it makes them brave to “claw back” what is routine bookkeeping more power to them…
This “claw-back” activity is nothing unusual; when my Father passed away in December 2008, his January 2009 SSA check was electronically deposited but then “claw-back”ed about a week after his obituary was published in the local paper .. at the time I was surprised fedgov had the ability to do that, but not anymore ...
A drop in the bucket.
Senator John Kennedy - US must stop paying dead people
https://youtu.be/IsGdTviSxCo?si=2rw4MYf0XSg5fDHx
A movement in the right direction.
Now, go get the $$$Billions paid out fraudulently to illegals.
$31-million!
Only $36-trillion to go!
They’ll keep voting fire democrats though.
The dead people file needs to be matched with the voting registration and records.
The dead will not like getting their money taken back.
They may show it with their voting patterns.
Return of the Living Dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkhCAV3wmIU
Note: There is a remake scheduled for release in December, 2025.
$31 million? That’s pocket change at best. The federal government was scammed out of and lost $403. Billion in COVID funds.
“WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.””
Now check and see if those dead people are still on the voter rolls.
I'm betting it's an 'inside job' and there are people who are shak'n in their shoes about now!!! 😁
Gee Moe ain’t federal payments to dead people kickback payments with a mask?.
If they vote then they must still be alive, so they should continue to get the checks. /s
I could not understand all the mourning for Jimmy Carter.
I bet he votes in future elections.
What a good little government! TRILLIONS of dollars in debt, but bragging on a fraction of one percent clawback!
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