Social Security pays millions in benefits to deceased – Sep. 7, 2011.

The Social Security inspector general estimates that the agency has made $40.3 million in erroneous payments to deceased beneficiaries — even though the administration had already recorded their deaths in its records. The estimate is based on a sample tested during its most recent audit in January 2008, the watchdog agency said.

Let’s try alittle harder to clean up the stupidity.