Excuse me!
I was wrong.
The totalization proposal overrides the 5 year, familial relationship requirement currently in place, which means that the spouse and family here illegally are immediately eligible to receive Social Security benefits.
I agree with you Dan. The way I read the GAO fact sheet it appears that this will benefit the illegals.
I have been wondering what the October surprise from Hillary could be. If this is it and it passes congress, Bush will lose the election. The passage of this will be right before the election. The MSM has been quite about this for some reason even though they are aware. It is estimated that this will cost $320 billion the next 20 years.
Yes, that's also my understanding of the agreement, that the spouse (already here illegally) of a *legal* Mexican worker here in the U.S. is now eligible for pro-rated SS benefits based upon the legal worker's time here.
Spouse here illegally + actual worker here *legally* = Authorized benficiary.
Frankly, I don't see why that concession was made in the totalization treaty. Why reward illegally-immigrated spouses?
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