Posted on 05/19/2006 11:56:06 AM PDT by Rick_Michael
"The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents. 'There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me,' said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. 'It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment.' The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote," the Washington Times reports. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended letting illegal aliens get Social Security. "If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families," said McCain.
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That's what it will amount to. Same amount of money coming in, spread over 12 million to 20 million more people.
No way; if anything, if the House stands firm, then GOP Reps will be rewarded. Conservatives are passionate about politics and are looking for leadership. Bush has clearly demonstrated that it is no longer coming from the WH. It's time for the House to stand up and be counted. If we can hang on from 2006-2008, maybe we can regroup and focus on a winning presidential candidate.
Thanks. Do you remember what the 2004 Congress number is so that I can check votes on the original vote to give Foreigners (including illegals) access to Social Security that Rush was speaking about earlier?
As it stands now my social security depends on revenue that isn't going to be there anyway. My only fear is that they tax me into oblivion for having the foresight and ability to attempt to make my own provisions.
Have the Pubbies developed a death wish?
Sorry, I've not listened to Rush. Although I might look into latter.
Here we are wondering how we are going to get Social Security, and the Senate won't do anything to HELP AMERICANS but will go way out of the way to help the 'poor immigrant' what a bunch of -HIT!!!!
"Have the Pubbies developed a death wish?"
10 of them have.
Brownback (R-KS), Chafee (R-RI), DeWine (R-OH), Martinez (R-FL), Lugar (R-IN), Hagel (R-NE), McCain (R-AZ), Specter (R-PA), Stevens (R-AK), Voinovich (R-OH)
Pay your taxes - someone has to fund the new entitlements for illegals. :)
Actually, I think it will eliminate it. There will never again be enough Republican voters (compared to the new Dem base being granted voting rights) to get any where.
"What's next?
Illegals claiming MY S.S. is really theres?"
If they manage to obtain your SS# Yes.
Even Robert Byrd "gets it."
If you use a stolen SS# how can we figure out who gets what upon retirement?
Hopefully the House can stop this nonsense.
The Senior Lobby groups like AARP are probably in a quandary. Usually they're all ultra-left-wing groups, so how are the rank and file going to react when Illegal Pedro is getting fradulently obtained Social Security and Grandpa Joe basically gets the same amount? I think this is going to wreck the Democrats a lot more than the Republicans.
I think DeWine and Voinovich have basically come out of the closet lately.
They mus know they've more than crossed the line regarding conservative support, so they're on an all out pander to the left now.
Hmm....Sounds like some illegal can claim they were fraudulently using my Social Security number and get a chunk of my SS benefits. Of course, one thinks they would have to prove it, but "rules" are so elastic and arbitrary these days who knows.
So much for the rule of law. I don't care what party they're from--we need to vote all these a$$ clowns out!
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