Re: Don't you just love America?

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From: Strong Eagle
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:04

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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.  But, Dave's a head in the sand racist and
anything which upsets his personal apple cart cannot be tolerated.

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