2 more Stimlulus stymies

Stimulus checks lure Floridians to their arrest

Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:47 pm ET
MIAMI (Reuters) –

Police in a Florida city used the promise of economic stimulus checks to lure 76 people
to their arrest on a variety of outstanding warrants.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department set up "Operation Show Me the Money" to round up
people wanted on charges ranging from second-degree murder to guns and drug charges
to failure to pay child support.

Using the name of the fictitious "South Florida Stimulus Coalition," police mailed letters
asking the suspects to call an undercover phone line and make appointments to claim their money.

When they showed up at an auditorium and presented their identification,
they were led to an area where uniformed police were waiting to arrest them.


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American cons benefit from bailout bungle


Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:06 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) –

The US government sent checks by mistake to 1,700 inmates around the country
as part of efforts to jump-start the crisis-hit American economy, officials said Thursday.

The prisoners "received the economic recovery payment because our records did not accurately
reflect that they were in prison," said Social Security Administration spokesman Dan Moraski.

The checks were for an average of about 250 dollars, meaning the mistake cost the government
around 425,000 dollars.

A total of 3,900 inmates received checks under President Barack Obama's stimulus plan earlier this year,
but 2,200 were entitled to receive them as they were not incarcerated when lawmakers approved the payments,
distributed to some 52 million people.

"Most of these payments, over 1,200, have already been returned by the correctional institution,"
said Moraski. "Where we determine payment was not due, we will take aggressive action to
recover each of these erroneous payments."





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ok the first one i'm ok with

I LOVE that! They should do that everywhere, but instead of putting them in overcrowded jails only to be released shortly thereafter, put them on a slow boat to some island and dump them there - kinda like Molokai - hell, send them to a f&*%ing leper colony!

send them to gitmo. obama should have it emptied out soon right?

KK wrote:

send them to gitmo. obama should have it emptied out soon right?

I think he needs it for himself and his staff.

Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

send them to gitmo. obama should have it emptied out soon right?

I think he needs it for himself and his staff.

tax evasion