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Article: IT'S OUR RIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR OUTRAGE AT HEARTLESS SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY; FOR THE COST OF A B-2, SUFFERING COULD END.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- December 14, 1997
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Byline: Dennis McCarthy
You have to read deep into the congressional fact sheet to find it. The real reason for this absurd, cold-hearted law that says Social Security benefits are not paid for the month in which a recipient dies - no matter how many days of the month they lived.
It's money. What else?
The government estimates it would cost $1.2 billion a year to pay that last month's check to the estimated 1.7 million Social Security recipients who die every year and leave the rolls.
Granted, that's a lot of money. But if you're looking for some perspective on the spending priorities in this country, check this out.
It's ...