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findmedaddy -> RE: honesty about sexual orientation (2/21/2007 6:49:09 AM)
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ORIGINAL: porthuronsub
Since when do the illegal immigrants that are working for cash pay taxes? Are they set up in the social security system. Do they pay toward social security? They don't pay taxes, if they did they wouldn't be able to pick beans for 5-6 dollars an hour. That is why the American public don't take those jobs. If we did and got paid 5-6 dollars an hour then paid taxes and social security out of it it would be the equivalent of around 3.50 -4 dollars an hour. they are strapping our system by getting free food assistance, they qualify for section 8 housing and subsidized rent, they qualify for free health care, their children get free breakfast and lunches at school, they require bi-lingual teachers and text books, they qualify for relief from high energy bills, if they become disabled they qualify for SSI even theough they never paid into it. There are other ways they make demands on our system, so that you may not even think of such as having to have bi-lingual police officers and signs which all cost money.
FYI: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?ei=5090&en=78c87ac4641dc383&ex=1270353600&pagewanted=all&position=
Article lead:
[image]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/dropcap/s.gif[/image]TOCKTON, Calif. - Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour. Not surprisingly, Mr. Martínez, 28, has not given much thought to Social Security's long-term financial problems. But Mr. Martínez - who comes from the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico and hiked for two days through the desert to enter the United States near Tecate, some 20 miles east of Tijuana - contributes more than most Americans to the solvency of the nation's public retirement system. Last year, Mr. Martínez paid about $2,000 toward Social Security and $450 for Medicare through payroll taxes withheld from his wages. Yet unlike most Americans, who will receive some form of a public pension in retirement and will be eligible for Medicare as soon as they turn 65, Mr. Martínez is not entitled to benefits.
There are lots more articles like this, just FYI.
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