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Elderly man facing homelessness after Social Security orders $60,000 repayment

Elderly man facing homelessness after Social Security orders a repayment of over $60,000

PECULIAR, Mo. (KCTV/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An elderly man is facing homelessness after Social Security ordered him to repay over $60,000.

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More than 65 million Americans receive benefits from Social Security, but about a million each year get notification letters saying they were overpaid.
That's way too high a percentage.
Apparently this isn’t uncommon. There should be a statute of limitations on how long they can request repayment back for their mistake, 6 mo max or something like that. That way you aren’t having to pay back decades of their fault.
- I would argue that if the government makes a mistake then it is on them to own the problem, not the citizens. I might make an exception for a partially large mistake, but presumably most people would report if they suddenly received a million dollars in their social security check so I doubt it would be that big of an issue. Any smaller mistakes should be a write off.
  
  I see a million pop up on me in social security I'm moving it to another bank, converting it to crypto hopping a plane to Ghana or some shit, buying up like $850,000 in silver, and enjoying the rest of my life.
  
  Banks make mistakes and this is generally how it works. Most people will not give 1M back. Statues make it fair.
- This happened to my mom while she was terminally dying in a nursing home paralyzed in a wheelchair, yep the government just stopped giving her social security benefits and started garnishing everything. "oH SoRRy wE oVeRpAiD yOu, wE'rE tAkiNg iT aLL bAcK nOw." She lived like 10 more years after that. absolute hell.
- No, no repayment, if someone errors in your favor, they are at fault, not you. They must bear that repayment burden
  
  While that would be ideal it’s also unrealistic. Banks don’t even operate that way because people make mistakes. A statute of limitations is fair to all.
- It should be gradual decided by the sum of payments: if you own more, you have a longer term.
So the literal opposite of social security.
- Literally. I feel like if the government made the mistake then they should bite the bullet.
  
  I agree!!!
Huge banks and institutions that "accidentally" give people too much money are entirely at fault in these situations. They should be held liable, not the poor person who is on the brink of homelessness.
This is the type of stuff we need a gofundme for. Hopefully he can get a good lawyer.
- Okay... so your username. Is that referring to an additive that tastes like butt hair? Or is it something to make your butt hair more palatable? Either way I'm willing to bet there's a market out there somewhere for your product.
  
  Here you are OP. Providing content and asking the real questions.
  
  Some people have asked me what flavor is my butt hair, whatever flavor you want it to be lol.
  One of my Call of Duty teammates named herself KrustyButtHair. So I changed to FlavoredButtHair. The rest of the clan didn't follow through with other butt hair names.
At least he sold his guns?

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