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Getting screwed again….

Social Security for Illegals

The Washington Post shows that the Freedom of Information Act works.  One of the things that have come up since President Bush launched his idea of "all but open" border ("Sure! You’re here illegally? Not a problem…..pay a fine, work some years, learn English, become a citizen. Sure!  You’re here just to make mone for a little while?  Not a problem – joint the Federal Guest Worker program!").

An agreement the Bush administration reached with Mexico on Social Security benefits would allow illegal aliens granted amnesty in the future to claim credit for the time they worked illegally.
    

Think of what this sentence is saying…..we are rewarding illegal behavior!  Make no mind that they were here uninvited.  Forget the fact that they are taking away jobs and lowering the wages of American low skilled workers.  Let’s ignore the fact that in order to work, many of these illegals have stolen the identity (Social Security) of citizens in order to do this.

President Bush wants them to take from a Federal government program that is in trouble.  I cannot believe that he is adding to the problem! 

The deal was reached in 2004 but never released publicly because it hasn’t been submitted to Congress. The TREA Senior Citizens League, a Social Security advocacy group, recently obtained the document through a Freedom of Information Act, and said it confirms the group’s worst fears.

Oh, we heard about it…..and because it wasn’t snuffed it out then, it’s alive now.

It does nothing to prevent undocumented aliens who later get legal status from receiving benefits for the time they worked illegally. And that comes as the Social Security system’s finances are about to be put under greater strain by the retirement of baby boomers. 

"If you open up the trust fund to people who have been working in the country illegally for many years, that bankruptcy date can only come sooner," spokesman Brad Phillips said. "People on the other side of this, people who have been arguing that of course illegal aliens can’t get their hands on Social Security benefits, now can’t make that argument easily anymore."

But of course, we shouldn’t erect barriers between peoples, right?  That would be divisive, immoral, and xenophobic.

I’m waiting for the day that folks that say this go to the mailbox for their monthly SS retirement check, and there is none.

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