ACTION ALERT! Liberty Committee - Tell Congress to Support the Social Security Preservation Act

The Liberty Committee/Conservative Alerts ^ | Jan. 18, 2003 | Ron Paul

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	Stop The Great Global Social Security Giveaway Tell Congress to Support the Social Security Preservation Act

As Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) puts it, "dark clouds are gathering over our already dangerously fragile Social Security system."

In December, the press reported on a looming deal between the United States and the government of Mexico which would make hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens eligible for U.S. Social Security benefits. The centerpiece of the agreement would be a so-called "totalization," which would mean that even if a Mexican citizen did not work in the United States long enough to qualify for Social Security, the number of years worked in Mexico would be added to bring up the total and thus make the Mexican worker eligible for cash transfers from the United States.

Worse still, thousands of foreigners who would qualify for U.S. Social Security benefits actually came to the United States and worked here illegally. Under "totalization," a foreigner who came to the United States illegally could work fewer than the required number of years, return to Mexico for the rest of his working years, and collect full U.S. Social Security benefits while living in Mexico. That is an insult to the millions of Americans who pay their entire working lives into the system and now face the possibility that there may be nothing left when it is their turn to retire.

"The proposed agreement is nothing more than a financial reward to those who have willingly and knowingly violated our own immigration laws," says Rep. Paul. "Talk about an incentive for illegal immigration! How many more would break the law to come to this country if promised U.S. government paychecks for life? Is creating a global welfare state on the back of the American taxpayer a good idea? The program also establishes a very disturbing precedent of U.S. foreign aid to individual citizens rather than to states."

Estimates of what this deal with the Mexican government would cost top one billion dollars per year. As the system braces for a steep increase in those who will be drawing from the Social Security trust fund, it makes no sense to expand it into a global welfare system. Social Security was designed to provide support for retired American citizens who worked in the United States. We should be shoring up the system for those Americans who have paid in for decades, not expanding it to cover foreigners who have not.

Supporters of the Social Security to Mexico deal may attempt to downplay the effect the agreement would have on the system, but actions speak louder than words: According to several press reports, the State Department and the Social Security Administration are already negotiating to build a new building in Mexico City to handle the expected rush of applicants for this new program!

Social Security should be limited to United States citizens and nationals who have paid into the system. It should not be a global giveaway. In the 107th Congress, Rep. Paul introduced the "Social Security Preservation Act" (H.R. 219), which would ensure that all money in the Social Security trust fund is spent solely on Social Security. As Congress continues to demonstrate an inability to control spending that threatens the Social Security trust fund, the need for this legislation has never been greater. So, Rep. Paul intends to re-introduce this legislation in the new 108th Congress.

Click "Go!" above now to send an editable pre-written message to your Representative, asking that he or she support the "Social Security Preservation Act" this session!

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(From Liberty Committee email)

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If you're out of the U.S., as am I, imagine going to Mexico with 10K and paying a government official to report your 'income' for the last 20 years of your life. As long as you retroactively report your 'income' to the gummint back in the U.S., you aren't liable for that income or back taxes--because there are no income taxes if you're living outside the U.S. for a long enough continuous period. And you can come back and work for a year, and the system would have to pay you at the top end if you've bought the right people in Mexico...which is entirely too easy.

I don't know exactly how this proposed system works, but I know how the system works between some countries and the U.S. that have already made this arrangement. Once you're eligible in one country, you're eligible in all of them for benefits in any one participating country--you just have to pick the country. But act now! You can bet that there are gonna be better countries to be eligible in compared to the U.S. after this.

Why? You can bet that this will put us over the edge financially, with the corrupt Mexican system getting a whole new payoff opportunity. I can hear Social Security starting its death rattle.

(set sarcasm on kill)

But what's going on here? Ron Paul must be crazy--after all, every good conservative on here says he wants open borders and Mexicans on our doors. Why would that libertarian shoot himself in the foot like this, when he's finally getting his wish to let Mexicans take over? Why, he's the embodiment of all them loony libertarian types--he must actually, really, have gone nuts! That's gotta be it! It must be the incredibly conservative Republicans ready to shepherd an agreement like this through Congress for GWB have finally pushed Dr. Paul's commie-leaning, drug-legalizing, hippy-wannabe mind off-kilter, and he's cracked.

Yeah...and Tom Daschle will probably be on his side, too.

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after all, every good conservative on here says he wants open borders and Mexicans on our doors. Why would that libertarian shoot himself in the foot like this, when he's finally getting his wish to let Mexicans take over?

A lot of people were shocked when Dr. Paul didn't vote on the amnesty bills, including myself, him being a strong constitutionalist. I figure he has a large Hispanic constituency in Texas, and has for years, and made his choice accordingly. I am no expert, but IMHO for those in political office to do good, their are always issues that they must back off on or risk losing office.