Local Man Finds Out IRS Has Been Taking His Social Security to Pay Off a 'Mystery Debt' He Swears He Never Owed—And Iowa DMV Says It's 'Not Their Problem'
AITA for thinking the IRS should at least buy me dinner before they ghost my bank account? TL;DR—My 67-year-old neighbor Bob from Des Moines just learned the hard way that the IRS doesn't need your consent to siphon your social security checks like a thirsty vampire at a blood bank. Turns out, some ancient 'irs social security debt iowa' from a 1998 unemployment overpayment is haunting his retirement. Iowa's response? A shrug emoji and a 'good luck, boomer.' The government's idea of 'audit' is just taking your money and hoping you don't notice until your Netflix subscription bounces. But hey, at least the debt is 'verified' by some algorithm written in COBOL on a Commodore 64.