... up on a recipient? It was in Vallejo, California, and the Social Security people sent this letter: “We want to talk to you about a notification letter in our office that you are deceased. Please let us know if you are.” Senator William Proxmire ridiculed the Social Security Administration bureaucracy, calling the letter “a grave message.” He said in a statement that the officials might be in for “quite a conversation. Think of the possibilities. For example, if they ask you to call and you are ...