From a New York Post article, via Fox News US:
A Florida man has been sent to the slammer for pretending to be his dead brother, a former auditor for New York State, so he could collect $180,000 of his pension benefits over seven years, authorities said Friday.
Officials said Martin Petschauer, of Queens, died on July 9, 2008.
But the state kept sending his retirement checks to Florida, where his brother Robert, 71, controlled his accounts.
But…but…that can’t be. Everyone knows dead people can’t collect pensions, any more than they can vote in elections. Right?
Uh…..right?
FYI, we have this from the Pew Center – hardly a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
– Approximately 24 million—one of every eight—voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate.
– More than 1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters.
– Approximately 2.75 million people have registrations in more than one state.
So that question about whether Martin Petschauer, dead for over 8 years, voted? That’s not a joke, that’s a very real possibility.
Anyone want to tell me, again, that there’s no reason for a voter ID requirement?
