Could immigrants (legal/illegal) be the answer to saving our social security system?

Question

I hear everyone complaining about illegal immigrants. To tell you the truth, part of me is getting tired of it also. They take over nice areas and bring down property values and line up on the side of the road making neighborhoods look trashy. With all that said, I understand their doing the best they can for their families: I probably wouldnt be doing anything different. I was just blessed to born here and didnt have to stuggle like them. Now to my point.. in 20 years from now baby boomers are going to be retiring. There are not going to be enough people to support them unless we get a huge average age shift to our population. (The AVG age immigrant is around 26... the age of most baby boomers' kids). I argue that in a way, if immigrants would prosper in this country it would help us all in the future. The baby boomers will still get support when they retire and our taxes wont have to go through the roof to get it done. Just a thought... what do you all think?

Not all nice neighborhood cost an arm and a leg to live in. To tell you the truth, they mainly pic appartment complexes near Supermarkets since most dont have a car and its a source of food. There's difference between the average lower middle to middle class american family and a mexican family: in some situations 15 or more people living in one house.

Answer 1

Make any excuses you want, the truth is Americans DO NOT WANT TO GIVE AMNESTY TO MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIESNS. We do not want them here. Period.

Answer 2

Interesting thought, you might consider looking into how "bad" the social security problems are. The estimates of trouble are based on 50 year economic projections with seriously conservative estimates of growth as well as fairly high estimates in other regards (survival rates, etc.) This got a lot of press because Wall Street would certainly love to have Social Security money thrown into market, but if you really think about it the idea is crazy. Princeton economic Paul Krugman has written some great stuff about the specifics, but it's not even that complicated. The worst case scenario (the one that's argued by proponents of SS reform) is that in about 50 years our taxes will only cover 80% of estimated benefits. Economic projections 50 years into the future aren't worth very much to me, and there's a difference between "bankrupt" and "mildly underfunded." Have look- I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Answer 3

Welfare became on no account meant to be an enduring potential of earnings. while the plan became instituted it became to be a momentary restoration for persons down on their success. It became no longer so which you would be a sprint one gadget and gets a commission for it. i think of that it may be required that in case you obtain welfare you ought to could desire to do government paintings in return. Say, you may desire to flow to a daycare center 8 hours an afternoon and watch little ones jointly as different welfare recipients are out searching for jobs. and then others in turn do a similar once you're job looking. Oh, and in case you obtain welfare, nutrition stamps or WIC, it may be unlawful which you may purchase, posses or consume cigarettes, lottery tickets or any varieties of alcoholic beverages. so a great way as social risk-free practices, the federal government has been raiding that treasure chest for years... and now it is failing. It needs to be privatized and or invested into the inventory marketplace.

Answer 4

If they are truely working for the minimul wages they claim to be....they wouldn't be putting squat in. Social Security IS NOT JUST FOR RETIRED PEOPLE!!!! It also covers disabled people for a variety of reasons and their children. Our SS is in trouble because everytime the government wants to pick pockets for something they tap into those reserves claiming they will pay it back and never do. They've "borrowed" a few TRILLION dollars out of it. Everytime they cry about the boomers comming to that time it is not because the money wasn't already in there. They aren't "straining" crap.....the government "borrowed" it and kind of wants to "forget" about that part and then cry how it's going bankrupt. They cut the funds for the elderly every chance they get and more and more Dr's aren't accepting medicare anymore so that means pay out of pocket and wait for reimbursement and anyone who's ever delt with medicare knows full well they are slow as crap. So many, like myself tried to be sure you owned your home. Problem is.....that's the very first thing they want to rip right out from under you. Try and sell it and gee......my house has already dropped 100 thousand dollars in 2 years because of the influx of illegals and my taxes are going through the roof because of the illegals and all the darn schools they need for their anchor babies and other "special" needs. Baby boomers are starting to retire very soon and that "generation" lasts for awhile. I'm near the end of it. Just in time to break the bank and find out this whole deal is a back breaker all the way around. This isn't the answer......it's the final straw to bust it.

There's alot of us "later boomers" who were stuck in the middle raising kids and caring for parents and less wages and outsourcing and downsizing and don't have the funds necessary and no way to play "catch-up" at this late date and those of us who still need to work don't need 20 million more "cheap laborers" to compete with when you're being thrown back into job searching again or learning another darn language to get hired because too many newbies won't learn English. There's no endless supply of Wal-Mart greeter jobs to go around. Many are figuring there's no way to retire with prices going up and figure they'll need to work till they drop dead. So help? Heck no.

Answer 5

Its one of the things I write when I'm weighing the good and bad of immigration. Our population is static or decreasing, depending on what data we look at if it wasn't for immigration.

As for making the city look trashy, most immigrants seem to contribute to this. I think they don't understand that you could call the sanitation department to pick up even large items, rather than dump it on an abandon lot or on a street corner. It's an adjustment for people who live in mud houses to not to through garbage outside.

Answer 6

They where saying on the News, that the every illegal immigrant that gets citizenship will cost the taxpayers $21,000, per person on average. Half of my family is Mexican and most that want to become citizens, have at least 2 children. In California it costs about $9,000-$10,000 per child each year to go to school. On top of that is the WIC and other welfare that is now aimed at the low income worker, and not necessarily the out of work poor. So, there could be more social security income, but , It would cost us more overall.

Answer 7

This is pure bunk. The economic reality is that given the income levels involved, the vast majority of the illegals will take much more out of the system than they put in in taxes, and when they retire will be an immense cost above what they contributed to the system.

Answer 8

No, it wont help. Wanna know why? Because it will cost over 2.5 TRILLION...Yes, that is with a "T" and where you do think they will get that money to cover it? They will get it from the SS account like they do every time they need to supplement something.

This is the same cr*p that Kennedy is trying to sell with the bill, and it doesn't wash out at all. I am ashamed that at one time I actually DEFENDED the traitor!

Answer 9

No, this won't help the flawed SS system. We need to get rid of it completely and encourage people to find another way to invest for retirement. Perhaps some government subsidized bonds or mutual funds......

Answer 10

Social security is a very flawed system. It will probably not exist a few decades from now.

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glitterbabosa just said that Mexicans are nice. Oh really? Her posts are some of the nastiest anti-American comments on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 11

No. Many of them will try and get theirselves or their children on government disability payments. Others will opt for welfare. Most, because of limited ability, will make wages that qualify them for all kinds of government hand outs.
What's going to happen is the shrinking pot will get smaller. If this bill passes, don't plan on retiring at all.