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Dead People Are Immune to StimulusPosted on Oct 7, 2010
Of the 52 million people who received $250 stimulus checks last year, 72,000 were dead. While the loss of much of that $18 million is unfortunate, and we are sure to hear all about it in various campaigns, the waste adds up to a tiny sliver of a fraction of the nearly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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By Samson, October 8, 2010 at 10:11 am Link to this comment
That’s Ok. Remember, Obama is from Chicago where ‘dead people’ are a key voting demographic that every successful Chicago politician knows they must carry.
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