On a related note, did you hear about the totalization program that the Social Security Admin had to release under the Freedom and Information Act. Bill Handel talked about it this morning (6-9am, 600 AM – lawyer who delivers exciting stories).
Under the totalization program, illegal aliens from Mexico get full Social Security benefits in the U.S. It’s going to be retroactive. Bush is expected to sign it soon, and Congress has 60 days to reverse it but is expected approve of it as well.
I’m all for helping the poor, but it just bothers me that we are helping someone who is illegal. If we’re going to treat them as citizens, let’s make them citizens and stop treating them as criminals by calling them illegal. And while we’re at it, why are we holding down the quotas of educated people who come in by plane? I guess it’s a way of keeping down supply of educated professionals, and raising the supply of uneducated laborers, further widening the wage gap.
Anyway, this SS legislation is plain wrong. Why promise even more benefits, when we can’t even pay for the ones we’ve already promised?
