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"The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.

The checks were part of the massive economic recovery package approved by Congress and President Barack Obama in February. About 52 million Social Security recipients, railroad retirees and those receiving Supplemental Security Income were eligible for the one-time checks.

Prison inmates are generally ineligible for federal benefits. However, 2,200 of the inmates who received checks got to keep them because, under the law, they were eligible, said Mark Lassiter, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration. They were eligible because they weren't incarcerated in any one of the three months before the recovery package was enacted."

"The law specified that any beneficiary eligible for a Social Security benefit during one of those months was eligible for the recovery payment," Lassiter said.

The other 1,700 checks? That was a mistake.

Checks were sent to those inmates because government records didn't accurately show they were in prison, Lassiter said. He said most of those checks were returned by the prisons."

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stimulus-checks-not-boosting-apf-2542694170.html?x=0&.v=2








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They have made so many mistakes with this stimulus program.  I get Unemployment Compensation when I am laid off and with that comes $50 every other week.  They have overpayed me so much then they took some of it back then stopped taking it back. Whomever thought of this plan is a fool and tons of mistakes happened.

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Why???? Does this not surprise me. Incompetence has always been one of the biggest problems when it comes to our government. So many bright people and so little brains.

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I am not surprised. The criminals in prison get much better care than those under poverty level.

They get light, water, hear, food, medical care, cable tv. The poor often go without.

I need to step back because it angers me so much. furious



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