In other words, a HUD overpayment, or a VA overpayment, etc. etc.— these are all still out there. And, of course, SSA statements that they won’t collect might not necessarily preclude future admins from collecting.

All of this is to say that the problem is the statute.

This is an especially threatening problem given the general media’s lack of interest in probing government actions.

Thank goodness for websites like Overlawyered and others who are instrumental not only in embarrassing our untrustworthy administration, but also embarrassing our sleeping general media.