The Washington Times reports on a secret protocol Jefes Bush and Fox negotiated in 2004 to allow Mexicans who worked in the US illegally and get amnesty to collect Social Security for the time they worked here illegally. Though the totalization agreement that this is part of hasn’t been submitted to Congress, once it is, Congress has to reject it within 60 days or it becomes law.
So, what’s wrong with this? Actually, it’s two things. First, the illegals were not working here legally, and in most cases, it cannot be proven how much they earned. Why in the hell do they deserve Social Security benefits when there isn’t going to be enough to pay those under 35 the way it is?
Second, this sure sounds like a treaty to me. Last time I checked, treaties needed a 2/3rds concurrance of the Senate.
I guess we now know without a doubt which party Jefe Bush was rooting for this past November.
Yah, but hey! Increasing the SS tax to about 35% of earnings will pay for the difference, no problem-o!
Then all our children will have to take second jobs working on the GWB Freeway between Mexico and Canada to make ends meet. That ensures the road will be built quickly.
Hell of a plan!!
I question where the social security, taxes, medicare, deductions went that were paid historically by illegal aliens but never collected? A simple solution would be not to deduct from thier earnings and not to pay out.
Those illegal aliens that were “paying” Social Security were doing so with fraudulent and stolen Social Security numbers. That is something federal law speaks to, with the real-world equivalent of Monopoly’s “Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200”.
Even if it weren’t, it is nigh impossible to separate the moneys paid by the illegals and the moneys paid by the poor saps whose Social Security numbers were stolen by the illegal.
I haven’t even begun to address those that will suddenly claim they were “paying” Social Security while working here illegally when they discover that Social Security benefits gets one the good life south of the border.
Why is Bush even discussing this issue? Whatever happened to law and order. If a conservative government doesn’t care about law and order then it doesn’t deserve to stay in power. All real problems in this country have Washington at the core.