At least he can vote in Louisiana...
Jan. 30th, 2006 01:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infrogmationI thought I'd heard all the major variations on dealing with Post-Katrina red tape, SNAFUs, and bureaucratic nightmares by now. But I heard a new one today.
An aquaintance had been trying to get a loan to help with rebuilding his flooded home and business. A bureaucrat on the phone explains why he hasn't been able to get them: "It says here, you're dead".
He's been unable to determine why they think he's dead nor to get himself legally alive again (or at least undead). He jokes if nothing else works, he suspects if he stops paying his taxes, the government may eventually notice he's alive again.
He has been able to determine, however, that although he can't get the loans, there are some grants he can apply for. Apparently only certain government programs are set up to discriminate against the legally dead.
An aquaintance had been trying to get a loan to help with rebuilding his flooded home and business. A bureaucrat on the phone explains why he hasn't been able to get them: "It says here, you're dead".
He's been unable to determine why they think he's dead nor to get himself legally alive again (or at least undead). He jokes if nothing else works, he suspects if he stops paying his taxes, the government may eventually notice he's alive again.
He has been able to determine, however, that although he can't get the loans, there are some grants he can apply for. Apparently only certain government programs are set up to discriminate against the legally dead.
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You Livies hate us Deadies!
Date: 2006-01-30 05:26 pm (UTC)Molly
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Date: 2006-01-30 10:22 pm (UTC)I'd like to get a loan to buy and fix some very damaged and abandoned property. It's proving impossible. Hey, I though rebuilding was the goal here, and as far as homes are concerned, somebody will have to buy them and do it. My effort to contribute is turning into a nightmare...