Stories like this are why I doubt the efficacy of socialism in an American context. I doubt Americans have the temperament to make it work.
Mom died in 1993, but her daughter kept cashing her Social Security checks for 24 years
This piece of work probably did not believe she was stealing from her neighbors, she was taking advantage of "the government," not realizing that the government has no money but what it takes from citizens, her neighbors.
That and "the government" declined to exercise sound stewardship of the money it had taken from the citizens.
24 years? Really? Nobody laid eyes on this woman for 24 years? If she started drawing money in 1986, she was probably born in 1920 (or thereabouts). That would have made her 97 this year, actuarial tables would indicate that it is unlikely she is still alive, so, the Missouri nickname was in order here, or should have been.
Between rapacious citizens and lazy incompetent government administrators, the taxpayers are out $298,168.20 and the victims, the taxpayers, will never see much of that money back.
Mom died in 1993, but her daughter kept cashing her Social Security checks for 24 years
This piece of work probably did not believe she was stealing from her neighbors, she was taking advantage of "the government," not realizing that the government has no money but what it takes from citizens, her neighbors.
That and "the government" declined to exercise sound stewardship of the money it had taken from the citizens.
24 years? Really? Nobody laid eyes on this woman for 24 years? If she started drawing money in 1986, she was probably born in 1920 (or thereabouts). That would have made her 97 this year, actuarial tables would indicate that it is unlikely she is still alive, so, the Missouri nickname was in order here, or should have been.
Between rapacious citizens and lazy incompetent government administrators, the taxpayers are out $298,168.20 and the victims, the taxpayers, will never see much of that money back.