Well that is one way to solve the Social Security trust fund problem.

Lindsley's brother had to call eight elected officials for help before she was resurrected once and for all.

That's what they want her to think. A team of elite assassins have already been dispatched to fix this clerical error. Don't mess with the SSA.

Because govt does a much better job than the private sector

It could always be worse.

BobtheFascist: Because govt does a much better job than the private sector

this sort of incompetence is not limited to the government.

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http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000 0648021431e PROOF.GOV

I guess I should consider myself lucky then, the SSA just keeps changing my birthdate every year for the last three years right about tax time. Makes filing my taxes a nightmare and no such thing as a rapid refund when IRS can't confirm your birthdate.

Oh, a natural error, monsieur. My wife has been mistaken for dead girls by many men.

just put her in the cart already. she really doesn't want to go for a walk.

Well, to be fair, who names their kid Jane Doe?

I can't wait for the government to begin taking care of my medical care.

"We need to give him this drug."

"No, according to his government record, he is dead, so no drugs for him."

Just trying to get more dough to cover the upcoming Social Security fiasco.
Hey, you are gonna die eventually; they are just calling it ahead of time, and taking your money.

Isn't this what the IRS is for?

Saberus Terras: Isn't this what the IRS is for?

no. Social Security uses lube.

globalwarmingpraiser: Solves this Problem

And ponies will fall from the sky.

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Yes, because having an income tax is exactly what caused this lady to stop receiving her social security checks.

Moron.

Submitter" Social security declares a very much alive woman is dead... twice.

Sam Lowry sought for questioning.

globalwarmingpraiser: Solves this Problem

Meh. I give this troll 3/10.

...but also dipped into her bank account in July to reclaim $7,000.

WTF! The SSA is allowed to simply go dipping into citizen's bank accounts?!!

xBIGxEASYx: WTF! The SSA is allowed to simply go dipping into citizen's bank accounts?!!

They're from the government, and they're here to help you.

This happens quite a lot, the declared dead thing, a hospital will accidentally mark deceased instead of discharged when filing with Medicare. The dipping into bank accounts I couldn't say.

xBIGxEASYx: ...but also dipped into her bank account in July to reclaim $7,000.

WTF! The SSA is allowed to simply go dipping into citizen's bank accounts?!!

When you sign up for direct deposit (required now for social security) you also give them authorization to correct any errors - by withdrawing funds.

globalwarmingpraiser

i'm on with the fair tax as well, but this doesn't have that much to do with the specific situation addressed in the article. the article just goes to highlight the ineptitude of a large government and yet so many people want to throw their hard earned money into the government's gaping maw and hope for the best.

the more we feed it, the bigger the shiat.

When I was but a lad, I got my first driver's license. The DMV screwed up my hyphenated last name printed on my license, making the first half of my last name my first name, and making my first name my middle. (Admittedly, hyphenated names were odd for a 16yr old male in 1986, but hey, it's my name). Despite several attempts to rectify this, the DMV was adamant that my was what they said it should be. My license cannot be changed.

Cut to two years later; I'm 18, male, and obliged to register for the selective service. I do so, but keep getting threatening letters addressed to the alter ego on my license. I send Selective Service copies of my proper ID and screwed up ID to explain before the MPs come to arrest me.

A few weeks later I receive a corrected driver's license without having asked in probably a year.

Moral : Selective Service (in other words, the Feds) trumps DMV.
Social Security trumps....?

eggrolls: Social Security trumps....?

common sense, apparently.

fezziwig: Lindsley's brother had to call eight elected officials for help before she was resurrected once and for all.

That's what they want her to think. A team of elite assassins have already been dispatched to fix this clerical error. Don't mess with the SSA.

don't mess with the SS

Wait... why is she receiving a government aid check if shes got enough free cash in her bank to support the $7,000 they decided to repo?

I want to go for a walk!

/nothin'

BobtheFascist: Because govt does a much better job than the private sector

FAIL.

"but also dipped into her bank account in July to reclaim $7,000."

I would go after the SSA for theft!

The mix-up was cleared up, but two weeks later she was declared dead again. Lindsley's brother had to call eight elected officials for help before she was resurrected once and for all.

Once and for all? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

etobian: Applebetty: ...the SSA just keeps changing my birthdate every year...Makes filing my taxes a nightmare and no such thing as a rapid refund...

Easy solution: have less taken out of your paycheck, to the point where you will owe a small amount.

Yep, exactly. I used to have pretty decent sized returns every year until two years ago when suddenly all the money my wife and I were supposed to get back was seized by a screwed up student loan issue. Sure we got the loan error fixed and the money was returned, after two months of calls and letters, but it made me realize that why the hell should we give the government an interest free loan over the course of a year?

So we've really tweaked what we have taken out to the point where we either owe a very tiny amount or get back a small amount. That way we have the money throughout the year and aren't loaning them money.

What kind of retard leaves $7000 in their account anyways....


What?


She is?



Ummm, sorry...

ScorpioT This year I'm getting a tax return: I owe my state $68 and the Feds owe me $77; I think I use my tax return to buy myself a six pack.

Woman: "I'm not dead yet"

Tax People: "No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."

Woman: "I feel happy. I feel happy!"

Tax People: [WHOP!]

PROFIT

SilentStrider
BobtheFascist: Because govt does a much better job than the private sector

this sort of incompetence is not limited to the government.

At least when a private firm screws up, you can sue them.

eggrolls, that is an excellent story. I shall have to remember that trick.

When the government screws up, get a bigger government to help

Good Behavior Day: At least when a private firm screws up, you can sue them.

Ever hear of Enron?

SilentStrider this sort of incompetence is not limited to the government.

A worker makes repeated stupid mistakes in a private company, he gets fired. There is no level of stupidity that will get you fired from a government job. Criminal behavior? Perhaps. Stupidity? That's what the unions are there to protect.

My father had to fire an incompetent underling from NASA a few years ago, for various things like repeated tardiness, unexcused absences, etc., all of which are covered by the rules of employment. It took him 11 f*cking months and several hundred hours of extra work in the evenings writing reports and memos (after he finished his regular work). This guy was creating serious problems in morale in other employees who had to make up for him, so he had to go. A merely stupid worker? No supervisor is going to invest the time.

Hey! I was born in Summit! Overlook Hospital, 1970.

Good Behavior Day: SilentStrider
BobtheFascist: Because govt does a much better job than the private sector

this sort of incompetence is not limited to the government.

At least when a private firm screws up, you can sue them.

Mandatory arbitration clauses, that you "agreed" to, FTL.

Speaker2Animals: My father had to fire an incompetent underling from NASA a few years ago, for various things like repeated tardiness, unexcused absences, etc., all of which are covered by the rules of employment.

The worker got fired for repeated tardiness? You should be glad your dad didn't get sued under the ADA.

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Amputation solves a broken leg, that doesn't make it a good idea.