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Government Mistakenly Declares Deaths of Citizens
superbrose writes "According to MSNBC, thousands of U.S. citizens have wrongfully been declared dead, due to an average of 35 data input errors per day by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Many other agencies rely on the data provided by the SSA, such as the IRS. People who have been wrongfully declared dead face many problems, such as rejection of tax returns, cancellation of health insurance, and closure of bank accounts. The article states, 'Input of an erroneous death entry can lead to benefit termination and result in financial hardship for a beneficiary.' Apparently it is far easier to declare a person's death than it is to correct the mistake. It continues, 'Social Security says an erroneous death record can be removed only when it is presented with proof that the original record was entered in error. The original error must be documented, and the deletion must be approved by a supervisor after "pertinent facts supporting reinstatement" are available in the system.'"
Easy, because they have a culture which prevents massive reductions to what the majority earns for the benefit of a tiny fraction of the ultra-wealthy, their economy isn't going down the shitter do to nobody being able to make any money except that same tiny fraction who don't need it because they already have so much they can't even spend it.
Step 1: fire half of the worker drones and slash the pay for the rest to increase your bottom line.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: PROFIT... Hey, why isn't anyone buying our overpriced junk anymore, have they run out of money or something?
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.