"" A few weeks ago, with no notice, the U.S.
government intercepted Mary Grice’s tax
refunds from both the IRS and the state of
Maryland. Grice had no idea that Uncle
Sam had seized her money until some days
later, when she got a letter saying that her
refund had gone to satisfy an old debt to the
government — a very old debt.
When Grice was 4, back in 1960, her father
died, leaving her mother with five children
to raise. Until the kids turned 18, Sadie
Grice got survivor benefits from Social
Security to help feed and clothe them.
Now, Social Security claims it overpaid
someone in the Grice family — it’s not sure
who — in 1977. After 37 years of silence,
four years after Sadie Grice died, the
government is coming after her daughter.
Why the feds chose to take Mary’s money,
rather than her surviving siblings’, is a
mystery.
Across the nation, hundreds of thousands of
taxpayers who are expecting refunds this
month are instead getting letters like the
one Grice got, informing them that because
of a debt they never knew about — often a
debt incurred by their parents — the
government has confiscated their check.
The Treasury Department has intercepted
$1.9 billion in tax refunds already this year
— $75 million of that on debts delinquent
for more than 10 years, said Jeffrey
Schramek, assistant commissioner of the
department’s debt management service. The
aggressive effort to collect old debts started
three years ago — the result of a single
sentence tucked into the farm bill lifting the
10-year statute of limitations on old debts to
Uncle Sam.
No one seems eager to take credit for
reopening all these long-closed cases. A
Social Security spokeswoman says the
agency didn’t seek the change; ask Treasury.
Treasury says it wasn’t us; try Congress.
Congressional staffers say the request
probably came from the bureaucracy.""
Link.

Thats just ridiculous , the American government must be really stuck for a few quid if they are chasing debts that old .

maybe thats what this person was so p,issed off about lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2VXbCh2MM

@TheCelt: Mainstream media has been all over that incident....especially Hellarys jokes about the incident. They havent been all over this though:

"" Hillary Clinton was the planned keynote
speaker at the 17th Annual Western
Healthcare Leadership Academy in San
Diego on April 11 - but she's cancelled her
visit in the midst of planned protests from
San Diego locals and military families.
Protestors organized by " The Difference
Matters" do not want the former U . S .
Secretary of State to come because of
Clinton' s role in the Benghazi scandal.
" She is not welcome here in San Diego by so
many of us . We don't want her here, " said
Jan Iverson, a local mother and protestor.
" Pat Smith lost her son, Sean Smith, during
an attack in Benghazi and plans to be at
the center of the protest, " Fox reports.
Hillary Clinton testified to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee on January
23 , 2013 , "What difference. .. does it make?"
when she was questioned about the attack
on the American Consulate in Benghazi.
Hence , the group's name : " The Difference
Matters ."
Mary Kafka , one of the women organizing
the protest rally, said that Clinton's change
of plans will not stop the protest from
happening, Daily Caller reports.
Clinton will now appear by satellite instead
of in-person . 700 people were expected to
attend . Clinton's office says she changed
plans because of scheduling issues .
The protest will take place at the San Diego
Convention Center April 11 at 9 :30 a .m.""

@WalkSoftly: i seen a little snippet of it on the news earlier and i thought it was funny but i didnt know what its about though , the sad fact about the Benghazzi incident and all other incidents like it involving the deaths of soldiers is that the soldiers are expendable in the eyes of politicians , if it was the politicians themselves that had to go and put their lives on the line and fight to the death instead of soldiers then i guarantee that no wars would ever be fought again , and untill that happens ( which it never will ) politicians will continue to not give a damn

Im hi jack this thread.. its my bday..lol sorry just passed by....

Btw, this is coming into play again.....