Posted on 09/13/2004 1:34:37 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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Mexico has never been honest about any deal they have ever made with America.
This is all part of Bush's "ownership" society. </ sarcasm >
It's not just them. I read in the India Times last year that Indians were contributing about $500 million a year to OUR Social Security.
This nonsense will probably go down as one of the biggest screw jobs ever done on the American people (and there has been a lot of competition). These cowards/sellouts in Washington from the White House on down are a disgrace.
And it would seem that Bush has never been honest with America about any deal he's made with Mexico.
The estimate I've seen is that this agreement will cost American taxpayers approximately $345 Billion dollars a year.
Every year.
Forever.
To give you an idea about just how big of a screw-job this really is, try to find a copy of the actual text of the agreement.
I dare you.
Or, I can save you the trouble because you won't find it anywhere. Not on the Social Security web site, not on Thomas, not anywhere.
Now why would the Bush Administration attempt to hide this from the American people?
I wonder...
If George W. Bush says it's good, then it's good. Because after all, he's a Republican.
/sarcasm
Well, gosh. We can't have that. Can't have yet another foreign special interest NOT sucking at the government teat. It sure beats paying benefits to American workers.
And I know he cares for me and my children because I heard him say so on TV...
This is indefensible. I just got a statement from SS today that said that my estimated benefit is based on current law and is likely to change because by 2042, payroll deductions will only cover about 73% of SS payouts.
I found it last month after finding the bill some congresscritters introduced to stop the totalization agreement. I just can't remember where it was.
Actually, their workers are paying for people who are getting benefits now. When the system finally goes belly up, they're going to get shafted just like everyone else.
Btw, you should be happy that President Bush let the AWB sunset. That's a good thing. Can you get your dealer's license now?
I wouldn't expect to find integrity in that system, even if it was thoroughly inspected. That's troubling, because if people can bribe their an official to create a record in the Mexican system, and then have that record count to qualify for US Social Security, we would have people who worked little or not at all in Mexico and who worked a year or two in the US qualifying for social security.
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
To my knowledge, only three "congressmen" have introduced such legislation --Rohrbacher, Collins and Paul.
None of these currently has the text of the agreement on their web site(s).
You can write the social security department and they will send you a copy of the bill. Good luck on receiving it before this becomes law.
This is the biggest scam on the American public that I have ever seen. This article says 3,000 Americans are the reason for this treaty. Our population is approximately 295,000,000 and for 3,000 U.S. workers in Mexico (0.0001 percent of our population)we are going to enter a treaty with Mexico whose own social security is almost belly-up now.
My question is, why can't congress and Bush tell these 3,000 Americans to retrain. How many people have lost their jobs in the last 3 years from textile workers to IT workers and were told to retrain. Afterall, these 3,000 Mexico workers did not lose their jobs like the millions of U.S. workers who were told to retrain. They just don't like paying taxes in Mexico.
Now, congress and Bush are attempting a treaty for 0.00001 percent of the population with the corrupt country of Mexico. I really don't believe they are doing this for America. IMHO, this is totally unAmerican.
This treaty is to be passed in October as the 60 day period will end.
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This POS is still alive? Bad calculation, going for the hispanic vote - with no security on the borders, and adding this DAMN ATROCITY on America FOR MEXICO - and having to defend it...
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