[justshe]

I think you missed the point there are MANY in MANY foreign countries collecting SS benefits. It's already happening.

Or is it just those in spanish-speaking countries you object to?

[FITZ]

I think we all know that there are many millions of illegals from Mexico who will also claim they are entitled to receive Social Security using the exact same justification ----they "paid into it" even if that meant they used a stolen Social Security card. If paying into it justifies participation in welfare programs then they're also entitled to food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare and all the rest if they ever paid any taxes while working here. I think we should scrap Social Security and maybe this will be Bush's way to do that because certainly we can't afford it when it's extended to millions of more people. How many of us are in a position to pay huge increases in Social Security taxes?