Jan 14, 2015

"Concerned About The Public Perception"

     From CBS News:
People who owe old debts to the Social Security Administration are getting a reprieve this tax season: The federal government won't be seizing their tax refunds.Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin suspended a debt collection program last spring in which thousands of people had tax refunds seized to recoup overpayments that happened more than a decade ago. ...
Following a review, the agency said Monday it will continue suspending the program this tax season while officials explore possible changes.
"The commissioner is concerned about the public perception about the way we're running this program," said Pete Spencer, Social Security's deputy commissioner for budget, finance, quality and management. ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/social-security-defends-refund-seizures-but-will-suspend-the-practice/2015/01/13/a0d332de-9b67-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

Any wonder she didn't get confirmed?

Anonymous said...

I wonder if she is concerned about American taxpayers, who are effectively being forced to cover for those who owe?

obviously not. This is like a DA saying that he is holding off prosecuting theives because they might get upset. What a joke.