stimulus-checks

U.S. Government Sees Dead People, Cuts Them Stimulus Checks
By Laura Northrup on May 15, 2009 12:00 PM   45 Comments

—>Whippersnappers who are still young enough to work get a tax credit, but 52 million Social Security recipients will get $250 stimulus checks in the mail or direct deposited. Yay! Except for how as many as 10,000 dead people are receiving checks.  More »

Mommy Needs A New Pair Of Stimulus Shoes
By Ben Popken on June 12, 2008 5:05 PM   56 Comments

—>Upgrade: Travel Better blogger Mark Ashley sends in this ad he spotted at the Oak Hollow Mall in High Point North Carolina, exhorting shoppers to use their stimulus payments in a selfish splurge on depreciating assets.  More »

IRS Sends 15,000 Stimulus Checks To The Wrong Bank Accounts
By Carey Alexander on May 17, 2008 12:45 PM   49 Comments

—>That economic stimulus check you were expecting may have accidentally stimulated your neighbor's bank account. Newsday is reporting that 15,000 checks tumbled astray thanks to an IRS "computer programming glitch."  More »

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