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Strong Eagle wrote:
> 
> Bob Ward wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:23:39 GMT, "Dave C."
> > <spammersdie@slowlyandpainfully.com> wrote:
> >
> > >-:
> > >-:> >
> > >-:> > Who is actually contributing to SS, Medicare, etc?  It's not the illegal
> > >-:> > aliens.  These monies are WITHHELD from their paychecks and sent to the
> > >-:> > government by the EMPLOYERS.  So where do the employers get the money?
> > >-:> > Mostly from U.S. citizens.  The illegal aliens aren't paying one red
> > >-:cent to
> > >-:> > Social Security.  -Dave
> > >-:>
> > >-:> So, by your twisted (and incorrect) logic, you don't pay SS, either.  And,
> > >-:you
> > >-:> don't pay with holding... your employer does.  What a pile of horse
> > >-:hockey.
> > >-:>
> > >-:>
> > >-:
> > >-:OK, name one employer that illegally gives you the option of paying SS,
> > >-:Medicare, etc . . . yourself.
> > >-:
> > >-:You can claim exemption, but then the money NEVER goes to SS, Medicare.  I
> > >-:mean, if you are an illegal alien and claim tax exemption (to stop your
> > >-:employer from withholding tax), are you going to file a tax return later?
> > >-:Not bloody likely.
> > >-:
> > >-:I stand by my earlier assertion.  Illegal aliens don't pay one red cent to
> > >-:Social Security.  They DO steal jobs.  That's the only difference.  Instead
> > >-:of paying SS tax (etc.) for legally employed workers, the employers pay the
> > >-:SS tax (etc.) for illegal aliens.  Again, the money for this comes from the
> > >-:businesses' customers . . . most of which probably are not illegal
> > >-:ens.    -Dave
> > >-:
> >
> > That's odd - in MY universe, the employee and employer BOTH contribute
> > on the FICA amount.
> >
> > --
> > This space left intentionally blank
> 
> Yeh, well... your universe is rational.  Dave's universe is... unique.  One might
> also add that whether the employee is illegal or legal, he _earned_ his money, and
> he spends it back into the economy. 

Actually, as a rule, they don't. They send it home to their beloved
homelands. 


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