Is this a wise decision for the Social Security Administration?
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/USandMexico.htm
Here is the link to the GAO's not so positive report requested by congress....
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031035t.pdf
2007-08-16 11:25:27 · 7 answers · asked by Rabid Frog 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
1) Poor people take more out of social security than they put into it.
2) With the immigration reform bill (not the totalization agreement) , foreigners would no longer be allowed to bring over their parents.
3) Because of Clinton, elderly people that legally immigrate here are automatically entitled to Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and subsidized housing (in most states). Those that are not old enough to collect S.S.I. are entitled to welfare.
4) Historically and legally, who ever "sponsored" a relative to immigrate to the U.S. was legally responsible for paying for their medical bills, housing, and food. That responsibility was handed over to U.S. taxpayers by Bill Clinton. That costs U.S. taxpayers hundreds of billions yearly.
The Immigration Compromise Will Help Social Security. How Does That Make Lib Dims Feel?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070519160646AA2inBZ
2007-08-16 11:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Not a good idea, especially seeing as how illegal immigrants will be included in the agreement and the terms are different for Mexico than they are for our own people, it would be the final nail in the coffin of social security.
2007-08-16 18:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by M B 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Given that the GAO report indicates that the costs of this program are uncertain at best, I'd have to say No.
2007-08-16 19:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by chuck_junior 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The biggest crock of "bleep" I've ever seen.
2007-08-16 20:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Social(ist) Security, itself, is a disasterous mistake that has been slowly destroying America, but, if you're going to have such a system, and other countries have similar systems, and workers move among several such countries throughout thier careers, then, yes, 'Totalization' makes a bit of sense.
2007-08-16 18:31:49 · answer #5 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
We are being rolled once again
2007-08-16 18:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by jean 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I think it's bad,bad bad.
2007-08-16 19:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋