[khelus]

Non-citizens do not necessarily pay into Medicare when they work here.

Because they are employed by the consulting firm that recruited them,"many of these foreign workers are paid either in cash or by check – and no money is withheld for U.S. income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state, or local taxes.

[arrogantsob]

Thanks for posting.

Totalization agreements ensure that the workers are paying SS (or SS type) and other forms of taxes somewhere, either here or their home country. Legal non-citizen workers not covered by those agreements generally do pay SS taxes.

It also points out Illegals screw themselves by being illegal since they often pay into SS (or their employer claims he is paying for them) but do not collect.

Interesting stuff.