a minute agoThe U.S. government sends $1.4 billion to the dead
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(6 years ago)The Government's Office of Responsibilities (GAO), an independent organisation of Congress, recently reported that over one million late Americans, have been sent a total of $1.4 billion in recent months to administration efforts to promote the start of the economy during the worst period of pandemic. More than 160 million [...]
The Government's Office of Responsibilities (GAO), an independent organisation of Congress, recently reported that over one million late Americans, have been sent a total of $1.4 billion in recent months to administration efforts to promote the start of the economy during the worst period of pandemic.
More than 160 million payments totaling $269 billion were distributed to most Americans.
In general, about 90% of Americans received cash payments, including $500 per child. The GAO report says the beneficiary list was based on names registered on federal tax statements 2018 or 2019, but the government failed to account for people who had died afterward.
GAO said to fulfil the congress's mandate to offer payment as quickly as possible “, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service sent the first three sets of payments without checking death records in Social Security Administration, Tch broadcast.
Survivors of the deceased who received government payments initially thought they could keep payments, but the tax collection agency decided in May that the money should be “returned”.
However, GAO said in her report that there is currently no plan to announce the illegal recipients nearly 1.1 million relatives of dead people since April 30th how to pay back payments.
