The result of a provision in the farm bill that lifted the 10-year statute of limitations on old government obligations, this aggressive effort to collect old debts began three years ago.
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Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers expecting refunds are getting letters informing them that the government has confiscated their checks because of a debt that their parents incurred. So reports The Washington Post.
The result of a provision in the farm bill that lifted the 10-year statute of limitations on old government obligations, this aggressive effort to collect old debts began three years ago.