I think what is even more hairbrained is that most of these illegals have a short working life since most are in manual labor. They can only work till their early 40's or so. Whatever money they put in now will easily be dwarfed by what they take out.
Absolutely true. And when you factor in SSI payments for "adopted" minors & "disabled" extended family members, the actual SS payment to the Illegal worker will look small in comparison.
Plus, the very idea behind these Totalization agreements is so the worker can return home and receive his various payments, in this case while living in Mexico!
Bush spent the last year telling us Social Security will go broke and action must be taken now, so why is he wanting to flood the rolls with new Amnesty-Legal SS recipients getting their ill-gotten gains reclassified as wages qualifying for SS earnings?