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Brickbats

Dead Again

Reason Staff | 4.25.2008 2:29 AM

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Laura Todd has died several times over the past eight years. OK, the Nashville woman hasn't really died. The federal government just keeps declaring her dead because of a mix-up involving her Social Security number that the feds promised to fix eight years ago. At various times, she has been unable to refinance her house because government records showed she was dead, her bank closed her credit card account and the IRS has twice refused to process her tax returns.

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