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Re: Don't you just love America?

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From: Bob Ward
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:25
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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.


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From: Bob Ward <bob.ward@verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: Don't you just love America?
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