Posted on 07/01/2005 9:17:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Legalizing more immigrants would help bolster the Social Security system, former President Bill Clinton told the nation's largest Hispanic-rights organization Friday.
"Those of you who want immigration reform should use Social Security more," Clinton said to about 1,300 members of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "If we legalize just 250,000 more immigrants a year, it would solve half of the shortfall in the Social Security Trust Fund."
More legalized immigrants would put more young people in the system to help support the deluge of baby boomer retirees, Clinton said.
During his 48-minute speech, Clinton didn't mention President Bush's plan to privatize some Social Security accounts, but he did criticize the administration indirectly.
Clinton said Hispanics experienced economic and educational gains under his presidency, but have since faltered, and it was time to figure out "where do we go from here?"
Clinton was greeted by an extended standing ovation and cries of "Viva Clinton!" to which he replied, "You need to calm down. Otherwise, I might think I'm president again."
Also Friday, Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean and his GOP counterpart, Ken Mehlman, both spoke before the league convention.
Dean said he would make sure Democrats do more to include Hispanics in state party systems, particularly in Texas.
"In Texas, I don't think there are more than one or two Hispanics in the employ of the state party; that will change and it will change dramatically," Dean said. "We will change our party, but not what we believe in. But we need your help."
Mehlman said President Bush has put more Hispanics in key leadership positions than Clinton, and the GOP exceeded its expectations among Hispanics in the 2004 presidential election. Bush claimed more than 40 percent of the Hispanic vote, according to Associated Press exit polls.
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League of United Latin American Citizens: http://www.lulac.org
BRILLIANT ! {:-\
Man, I hate that corrupt, sleazy, impeached, perjuring, disbarred rapist.
Wonder what he walked away with...one hundred grand?
Why would you? He's only openly proposing what the Bush administration is doing with all it's might right now.
Why do you think there are only ten million illegals in this nation? In 2000 there were ten million and the flow since then has been between one and three million per years.
Still there are only around 10 million illegals. Any questions?
Frankly I dispise Clinton. I am finally beginning to dispise Bush too almost in total.
Like heck the illegals will save Social Security. They already milk our benefit programs dry. The money they make off the books is largely sent home to relatives or to bank accounts they will tap later when they visit home.
Klintoon is a traitor and wants to wreck America. His "wife" will finish the job in 2008.
And the other half can be made up by muslim immigrants. Worked for Europe.
I read the first two sentences and thought surely this was a joke. But sadly...
Or how about this:
Memo to Democrats: Quit aborting millions of babies a year and maybe the SS problem would go away.
Old Bill, just wants more Mexican chicks to screw......
Or call centers outsourced to India
Aw, tell us what you *really* think.
Man, Slick is so ... slick.
250,000 more a year immigrants? Hey Bill, add up the millions who have been aborted and THEIR is your answer to the Social Security problem. Head on backwards makes you talk out your a**.
How does adding more people to a Ponzi scheme "fix" the Ponzi scheme?
What?? That doesn't even make sense.
I also hate the argument that "reducing abortions will solve SS". Those who argue this completely miss the point.
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