© Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesUS Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
Paul explained in a tweet Monday that his bill was being "watered down" so that terminating stimulus payments to dead people would not happen for three years.
Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie complained about stimulus checks being set to dead people — over one million such checks totaling over $1.4 billion — months ago. He also noted that some payments had made it to non-Americans living overseas. "At least the dead people who received stimulus checks were Americans," he said.
NPR later reported on non-Americans living abroad who had received stimulus payments. Some returned those payments, according to NPR's report, but some said that they had no intention of giving the money back.
Reader Comments
If the US government is stupid enough to send money abroad then it only has itself to blame.
And does the government have integrity? Does it mind stealing peoples money?
It doesn't mind stealing peoples money to give to the corporations though does it?
IMO, Integrity, Sincerity, Compassion (which my previous post did not exhibit) are vital for....I am reluctant to say soul growth because that's not exactly how I see it, but it works well enough.
I'd like to state unequivocally that I am no thief. And being English I don't think the US government will send me money anyway. If I was an American, then I still wouldnt give the money back purely because the US government doesn't help the small guy, only the multinationals and banking cartels. So if it made that mistake then it is a small justice for the little guy.
Thanks for returning your comment, and I hope you are well