[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    DEAD PEOPLE GET STIMULUS CHECKS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in an effort to give away taxpayer 
money, the Social Security Administration is even sending so-called 
``stimulus'' checks to dead people. An 83-year-old man in Maryland said 
his mother, who has been dead for over 40 years, received one of the 
$250 stimulus checks.
  Even though the 83-year-old son didn't receive one of the checks, I 
guess because he's still alive, I'm sure he appreciated the government 
thinking about his mom by sending her a check so close to Mother's Day.
  It does seem a bit odd that it takes the government 40 years to 
figure out somebody died. Anyway, the Social Security bureaucrats admit 
at least 10,000 other dead people received checks too. That would be 
about $2.5 million in money. I wonder how many other free checks were 
sent to dead people that the Social Security folks don't even know 
about.
  Maybe since the bureaucrats are giving money to dead people, they 
should go ahead and register them to vote as well. Get the community 
group ACORN involved. Apparently, ACORN has a reputation for 
successfully registering dead folks to vote. Then the dead people can 
get free money and vote too. What a deal.
  And that's just the way it is.

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