Posted on 04/15/2008 7:48:47 PM PDT by Is2C
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- [snip]
The Social Security Administration estimates that about three-quarters of illegal workers pay taxes that contribute to the overall solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
The agency estimates that for 2005, the last year for which figures are available, about $9 billion in taxes was paid on about $75 billion in wages from people who filed W2 forms with incorrect or mismatched data, which would include illegal immigrants who drew paychecks under fake names and Social Security numbers.
Spokesman Mark Hinkle says Social Security does not know how much of the $9 billion can be attributed to illegal immigrants. The number is certainly not 100 percent, but a significant portion probably comes from taxes paid by illegal immigrants.
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The impact on Social Security is significant, though, because most of that money is never claimed by the people who pay it but instead helps cover retirement checks to legal workers.
Federal law prohibits paying Social Security to illegal immigrants, but the administration factors in both legal and illegal immigration when projecting the trust fund's long-term solvency.
This is especially important as the 78 million-member baby boom generation begins to leave the work force and draw Social Security checks.
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"Ford, who has studied taxes and immigration, says a majority of economists agree that illegal immigrants are a net benefit for the U.S. economy.
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He calculates that illegal immigrants contributed $428 billion dollars to the nation's $13.6 trillion gross domestic product in 2006.
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"If anything we need more immigrants coming into the country, not less, especially with the baby boomers retiring," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The bad news is that they SHOULD be paying hundreds of billions in taxes.
Only if they have stolen some American's Identity.
I’d prefer them to go the hell back home than to stay here and pay taxes.
Cya!
I’ll gladly pay more to keep my family safe, preserve my heritage and culture and see our laws enforced. As long as it means the illegals are rounded up and deported.
I cross border, poor and broke, Take bus, see employment folk. Nice man treat me good in there, Say I need to see welfare.
Welfare say, "You come no more, We send cash right to your door."
Welfare checks, they make you wealthy, Medicaid it keep you healthy!
By and by, I got plenty money, Thanks to you, American dummy. Write to friends in motherland, Tell them come as fast as you can.
They come in rags and Chebby trucks, I buy big house with welfare bucks. They come here, we live together, More welfare checks, it gets better!
Fourteen families they moving in, But neighbor's patience wearing thin. Finally, white guy moves away, Now I buy his house, and then I say,
"Find more aliens for house to rent." And in the yard I put a tent. Send for family (they just trash), But they, too, draw the welfare cash!
Everything is mucho good, And soon we own the neighborhood. We have hobby--it's called breeding, Welfare pay for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist? Wife need pills? We get free! We got no bills! American crazy! He pay all year, To keep welfare running here.
We think America darn good place! Too darn good for the white man race. If they no like us, they can go, Got lots of room in Mexico
I should have become an economist. I mean, in what other job can you just come up with crazy-ass predictions and unsubstantiated guesstimates and still be considered an “expert”?
Except for a job being a political pundit, that is...
C’mon over here and do your thing, coyote.
This survey had REAL immigrants mixed in with the illegal aliens...
They dont tell you how many are legally here and how many are illegal aliens...
Yep, they cost billions. Plus there are many, many costs that are not measured in dollar amounts.
I don’t care how much money illegals pump into the system. It could be 1000 times more than that estimated figure, and my stance would remain the same. They’re here illegally. Therefore they need to get out. Period.
They have no idea what the % of illeglas are paid cash/no deductions.
Most of them in cinstruction are paid that way.
The ofset these government bozos dont mention is the many multitudes of billions more than taxes are consumedby illegals in welfare, medical, and food stamps.
There is web site that refutes all that propaganda about how our economy benefits from these alien lawbreakers. I’ll look for it because I didn’t bookmark it, silly me!
/sarc
exactly,
they admit that these that “pay taxes” are doing so by using fake names and getting numbers
that is FRAUD, and is against the law, why is it that illegals get a get out of jail free pass and any american that used a fake number would have their butt thrown into jail.
the equal protection clause is supposed to take care of laws that are not being enforced equally among “groups”
BILLIONS? With an “S”?
Wait a second - I’m told these people come here and are immediately subjugated by our racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic culture. So far I’ve been told by this by the unbiased, non partisan, America loving media (just before they relate to me the horrors of how these people work 20 hours a day for a nickel an hour.)
But now I’m being told that these people are paying BILLIONS in Social Security.
So which is it: are these people the oppressed masses being crushed under greedy American citizens or are they oppressed masses being crushed by the tax code that refuses to distribute to them?
Bump....
And that is not an estimate it has been proved. This estimate stuff is just about 100% bovine waste.
First of all the government is operating a money scam by not going after those with fake SS numbers.
Secondly, WAIT UNTIL THE ILLLEGALS SUE FOR REPARATIONS.
It is costing here in San Diego and California billions of dollars a year funding illeglas.
The crimes the illegals committ, murder, robbery, drugs, etc is a large per cent of issues here.
They also wire mega millions a yr back to Mexico
If CNN says this is true, then I do not believe it. Don’t they drag this out every so often to prove that illegals are a boon and not a debt to our country?
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