Bump
As an independent agent in Real Estate I paid into SS all my life, as did my late husband, and those were stronger dollars than they are now. In other words they bought much more than they do now.
I think that if only American citizens were allowed to collect SS, medicare and medicaid there would be plenty of money to pay those who have paid into the program for so many years. Up until 2000 most of our money problems have been all the freebies doled out to illegal immigrants. That is where most of the beginning jobs went to, also. Thus young Americans have a very tough time finding employment.
I w3ould be very interested in hearing what Rick Perry has to say about this side of the story.