So, David. You're going to blame the legal boomers over the illegals?
The boomers who, as you admit!, have had our money taken from us, over the illegals who take from the system?
I don't know how old you are, but if you're of child bearing age, your children's America will NOT look like it did for you growing up.
I guarantee it.
I'm not blaming anyone for anything.
I'm just saying that a possible solution for our social security problem is to allow more people in the country who would be paying into the Social Security system. That strikes me as nothing more than common sense.
Old Bill pointed out that the illegals are not rich. That doesn't matter; the SS tax is charged from the first dollar you earn. Illegals may not pay their fair share of income taxes, but there's no way for them to avoid SS. And they are paying this money now, when it's needed to support current retirees. If we had to borrow to pay it, it would cost us double or triple what it would cost to just take the money now and transfer it to retirees.
Every time I've encountered illegals, I've seen them as willing - nay, eager - to work. I find it strange that the welfare leech label gets applied to them.
Of course my children's America, if I have children, will be different from my parents' America. The Internet didn't even exist when I was born in 1962. The coarsening of life and culture was only just starting. And regional diffferences were much stronger then than they are today.
There are a lot of differences between today and tomorrow, and illegal aliens - which many focus on to the complete exclusion of every other problem and situation - have very little to do with the overall picture.
D