Another imperfect law

Kind of a basic oversight in the Stimulus law. Apparently a lot of money has been given out to people who shouldn't have gotten it, but the law is written in such a way as the government can't get this money back.

The [Social Security Administration] says that the stimulus package didn’t include a provision allowing it to try to retrieve funds that were mistakenly sent out, so it can’t try to retrieve the rest of the money. Money transferred electronically may be sitting untouched in bank accounts of dead people. . . .