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One plan is to allow Mexicans who were not employed in the United States long enough to collect U.S. Social Security benefits to count the time they worked in Mexico as part of the mandatory 10 years or 40 quarters.

It is asinine to extend these benefits to any non-citizens, especially illegals. For a system that is already bankrupt, it is economic lunacy to take into account time worked in Mexico as credits to the US system. If they have so much money to throw down a Mexican hole, why don’t they reduce our payroll tax, or change the retirement age back from to 65 from 67?

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The Bush administration claims that these plans would promote "totalization" of U.S. and Mexican retirement systems and develop a positive relationship between the two countries.

Totalization of U.S. and Mexico.