{"id":2199,"date":"2009-05-15T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2009-05-15T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T15:19:49","slug":"dead-people-get-stimulus-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/dead-people-get-stimulus-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead People Get Stimulus Checks???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever the model of inefficiency and incompetence the Federal Government is apparently sending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/dpp\/your_money\/consumer\/090514_Dead_People_Get_Stimulus_Checks\" target=\"_blank\">dead people<\/a> stimulus checks.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"280\" data=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/video\/videoplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"id\" value=\"video\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"&amp;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&amp;embed=true&amp;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ewnyw%2Fmoney%2Fmoney%5F10%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D815009978041711700%3Frand%3D0%2E9431528699392412&amp;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D124908446&amp;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F05%2F14%2F090514stimuluschecks%5Ftmb0001%5F20090514222836%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&amp;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxny%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fyour%5Fmoney%2Fconsumer%2F090514%5FDead%5FPeople%5FGet%5FStimulus%5FChecks\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/video\/videoplayer.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever the model of inefficiency and incompetence the Federal Government is apparently sending dead people stimulus checks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[683,684,467],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-economy","category-politics","tag-social-security","tag-stimulus-checks","tag-stupidity","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-zt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3064,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/good-news-national-debt-already-tops-debt-limit\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":0},"title":"Good News: National Debt Already Tops Debt Limit","author":"Jeff","date":"December 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From CBS News: The latest calculation of the National Debt as posted by the Treasury Department has - at least numerically - exceeded the statutory Debt Limit approved by Congress last February as part of the Recovery Act stimulus bill. 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