Ironically, it looks like President Bush and the GOP will soon
achieve their longtime goal of killing the Social Security system with
the indispensable help of Democrat leader Nancy (net worth $50 million)
Pelosi ...
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INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
1/4/2007
Hasta La Vista, Social Security
Entitlements: About to become law is an agreement allowing illegal
aliens to get Social Security benefits after only 18 months of
employment in the U.S., further burdening a system on the brink of
collapse.
Surveys have shown that more Americans believe in the existence of
unidentified flying objects than in the promise that they'll ever get
back what they've put into the Social Security system. It also is
against current law for employers knowingly to hire individuals who are
in this country illegally.
So it must be somewhat disconcerting for them to find out that about to
become law is an agreement signed on June 29, 2004, between the U.S.
Commissioner of Social Security and the director general of the Mexican
Social Security Institute that allows illegal aliens to collect Social
Security benefits if they have as little as 18 months of employment
history. U.S. citizens must show 10 years, or 40 quarters of job
history, to collect benefits.
The first public copy of the U.S.-Mexico Totalization Agreement has
been obtained, and, no, it wasn't on the first page of the New York
Times. It was obtained after three years of wrangling and a Freedom of
Information Act request by the TREA Senior Citizens League (tscl.org)
which represents more than 1 million seniors. And, as the saying goes,
the devil is in the details.
The agreement, which awaits President Bush's signature, can take effect
without Congress' approval. All the Democratic Congress has to do is
nothing. It doesn't have to vote to approve it — it has only 60 days to
disapprove it, which isn't likely because they likely sup****t allowing
it to become law.
The agreement would drain more billions from a system with a $14
trillion liability and assets of only $3.5 trillion, according to a
2003 re****t by the Center for Immigration Studies. TREA notes,
"Ominously, these assets include not only the trust's current reserves
($1.4 trillion), but also the present value of the taxes that current
workers will pay for the rest of their working lives ($2.1 trillion).
Totalization agreements are common — the U.S. has them with 20
countries. And their goal is legitimate — to avoid double taxation when
employers assign their employees to work tem****arily in another
country. Totalization was not designed or intended to cover millions of
illegals sneaking past the U.S. Border Patrol from what is a borderline
Third World country.
Workers from those 20 countries come here with employer do***ents
verifying they are authorized to work here. Nearly all these countries
are on an economic and industrial par with the U.S. And the numbers are
limited. Our agreement with the U.K. covers just over 2,000 people.
Totalization agreements also assume rough equivalency in both country's
retirement systems. TREA notes that in Mexico only 40% of nongovernment
workers participate in their system, but 96% of our nongovernment
workers do. Our system is progressive, meaning lower-income workers get
more than they paid in. Mexican participants get back only what they
pay in, plus interest.
In a review requested by Congress, the Government Accounting Office
said the agreement with Mexico involves "highly uncertain" costs and
would affect the long-term solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund
if the SSA has underestimated the number of beneficiaries by more than
25%.
The review also notes that the SSA "assumes that the behavior of
Mexican citizens would not change and does not recognize that an
agreement would create an additional incentive for unauthorized workers
to enter the United States."
Guest workers, yes, but invited guests, and benefits should follow only
if they follow the same rules as American citizens, both in the
requirements they must meet and in the contributions they must make, on
both sides of the border.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&statu
s=article&id=252806106775089
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PLEASE EMAIL THESE LINKS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW:
"The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonald
www.City-Journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
www.PredatoryAliens.com
www.ImmigrationsHumanCost.org
www.DayLaborers.org
www.Alipac.us
www.ImmigrationWatchdog.com
www.AmericanPatrol.com
www.SaveOurState.org
www.EscapingJustice.com
See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer:
www.ImmigrationCounters.com
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“How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico”
By John Dillin
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html
Excerpt:
“General Eisenhower ... quoted a re****t in The New York Times,
highlighting one paragraph that said: ‘The rise in illegal
border-crossing by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than
1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation
in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters
of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal
Government ..."
“Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the
president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took
office.
“America ‘was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very
large scale,’ Mr. Brownell said. ‘When I say large scale, I mean
hundreds of thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without
restraint.’"
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Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:
www.DeputyDavidMarch.com
www.KrisEggle.org
"Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged
in criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent social security
numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses
represent some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of
illegal aliens on a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their
illegal status. In addition, violent crime and drug distribution and
possession is also prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's
federal prison population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the
country, 12% of felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are
committed by illegal aliens."
-- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of
warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd
most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens]
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather
an irate, tireless minority keen on setting
brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
-- Samuel Adams
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