Scott Pelley Interview Report

On March 3,2016, 60 Minutes I viewed the interview of Scott Pelley with four very much alive people declared dead by the federal government. He discussed with Patrick O’Carroll, the Social Security Administration, who claimed that the system is not perfect because not enough resources are invested into it. Pelley specifically questioned Carroll, “Do you really believe that over six and a half million people over the age 111 are in this country?” To which Carroll replied, “No.” Specifically Carroll claimed that “people over the age of 111 were opening up bank accounts.” Suspicious because of people who were very old opening up brand new bank accounts,Carroll started an investigation that “found 6.5 million as not being recorded as deceased.” As the interviewer Pelley inquired approximately how many people did Carroll believe were over the age of 111 in this country the interviewee said , “I’m thinking 10 .” The effects of 6.5 million not being recorded as dead can have a devastating impact on the country, such as taxes becoming higher to pay for people marked as alive when they are
Albeit the lives of those who were declared dead were inconvenient or difficult because of various obstacles such as not being able to use their bank accounts, purchasing a home or apartment,jailed for identity theft, or using insurance because they are declared dead, newscaster Pelley states “to more than 170,000 people dead people over six years, that came to 1.1billion.” Money that could have been spent in different departments or to aids, instead spent on people who are already dead just not recorded dead. In sum, his view is that, focusing on correcting the proper cataloging of the deceased is above the priority of assisting those who have been misfiled as deceased