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Re: Don't you just love America?

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From: Strong Eagle
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:01
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"Dave C." wrote:

> > Actually, the data on the costs of illegal aliens isn't as well-documented
> > as you might think.An argument has been made, at least, that when they
> hold
> > jobs under false identities, they contribute to Social Security, Medicate,
> > and pay income tax, none of which will ever come back to them.  Some
> people
> > think (and I disagree with them) that the only reason we haven't cracked
> > down harder on illegals is that they are all that is keeping Social
> Security
> > afloat.  I'm not saying this is a correctd argument, but certainly you
> have
> > to include these figures in any valid estimates of the "costs of
> illegals."
> >
> >
>
> 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.
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