Fw: FW: [ALERT] Stop The Great Global Social Security Giveaway

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From: "Heather Monk (Snyder)" <Heather.Monk@BISYS.com>
To: "Tina Mobley (E-mail)" <tina@northeast.attbbs.com>; "Nicole Mobley
(E-mail)" <nmm0122@mail.ecu.edu>; "HollyGilman (E-mail)"
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Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: FW: FW: [ALERT] Stop The Great Global Social Security Giveaway


> > > > > Please read & take action.
> >
> > > > > Subject: [ALERT] Stop The Great Global Social
> > > > > Security Giveaway
> > > > >
> > > > > This CONSERVATIVE ALERT prepared for Don Ruffner:
> > > > >
> > > > > ISSUE:  As Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) puts it, "dark
> > > > > clouds are
> > > > > gathering over our already dangerously fragile
> > > > > Social Security
> > > > > system."
> > > > >
> > > > > In December, the press reported on a looming deal
> > > > > between the
> > > > > United States and the government of Mexico which
> > > > > would make
> > > > > hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens eligible
> > > > > for U.S.
> > > > > Social Security benefits. The centerpiece of the
> > > > > agreement
> > > > > would be a so-called "totalization," which would
> > > > > mean that
> > > > > even if a Mexican citizen did not work in the United
> > > > > States
> > > > > long enough to qualify for Social Security, the
> > > > > number of
> > > > > years worked in Mexico would be added to bring up
> > > > > the total
> > > > > and thus make the Mexican worker eligible for cash
> > > > > transfers
> > > > > from the United States.
> > > > >
> > > > > Worse still, thousands of foreigners who would
> > > > > qualify for
> > > > > U.S. Social Security benefits actually came to the
> > > > > United
> > > > > States and worked here illegally. Under
> > > > > "totalization," a
> > > > > foreigner who came to the United States illegally
> > > > > could work
> > > > > fewer than the required number of years, return to
> > > > > Mexico for
> > > > > the rest of his working years, and collect full U.S.
> > > > > Social
> > > > > Security benefits while living in Mexico. That is an
> > > > > insult
> > > > > to the millions of Americans who pay their entire
> > > > > working
> > > > > lives into the system and now face the possibility
> > > > > that there
> > > > > may be nothing left when it is their turn to retire.
> > > > >
> > > > > "The proposed agreement is nothing more than a
> > > > > financial
> > > > > reward to those who have willingly and knowingly
> > > > > violated
> > > > > our own immigration laws," says Rep. Paul. "Talk
> > > > > about an
> > > > > incentive for illegal immigration! How many more
> > > > > would break
> > > > > the law to come to this country if promised U.S.
> > > > > government
> > > > > paychecks for life? Is creating a global welfare
> > > > > state on the
> > > > > back of the American taxpayer a good idea? The
> > > > > program also
> > > > > establishes a very disturbing precedent of U.S.
> > > > > foreign aid
> > > > > to individual citizens rather than to states."
> > > > >
> > > > > Estimates of what this deal with the Mexican
> > > > > government would
> > > > > cost top one billion dollars per year. As the system
> > > > > braces
> > > > > for a steep increase in those who will be drawing
> > > > > from the
> > > > > Social Security trust fund, it makes no sense to
> > > > > expand it
> > > > > into a global welfare system. Social Security was
> > > > > designed
> > > > > to provide support for retired American citizens who
> > > > > worked
> > > > > in the United States. We should be shoring up the
> > > > > system for
> > > > > those Americans who have paid in for decades, not
> > > > > expanding
> > > > > it to cover foreigners who have not.
> > > > >
> > > > > Supporters of the Social Security to Mexico deal may
> > > > > attempt
> > > > > to downplay the effect the agreement would have on
> > > > > the system,
> > > > > but actions speak louder than words: According to
> > > > > several
> > > > > press reports, the State Department and the Social
> > > > > Security
> > > > > Administration are already negotiating to build a
> > > > > new
> > > > > building in Mexico City to handle the expected rush
> > > > > of
> > > > > applicants for this new program!
> > > > >
> > > > > ACTION ITEM:  Social Security should be limited to
> > > > > United
> > > > > States citizens and nationals who have paid into the
> > > > > system.
> > > > > It should not be a global giveaway. In the 107th
> > > > > Congress,
> > > > > Rep. Paul introduced the "Social Security
> > > > > Preservation Act"
> > > > > (H.R. 219), which would ensure that all money in the
> > > > > Social
> > > > > Security trust fund is spent solely on Social
> > > > > Security. As
> > > > > Congress continues to demonstrate an inability to
> > > > > control
> > > > > spending that threatens the Social Security trust
> > > > > fund, the
> > > > > need for this legislation has never been greater.
> > > > > So, Rep.
> > > > > Paul intends to re-introduce this legislation in the
> > > > > new
> > > > > 108th Congress.
> > > > >
> > > > > Go to our site below now to send a FREE editable
> > > > > pre-written
> > > > > message to your Representative, asking that he or
> > > > > she support
> > > > > the "Social Security Preservation Act" this session:
> > > > >
> > > > >  http://www.conservativealerts.com/011603.htm
> > > > > <a
> > > > > href="http://www.conservativealerts.com/011603.htm";>
> > > > > AOL GO HERE </a>
> > > > >
> > > > > NOTE:  Be sure to forward this e-mail to everyone
> > > > > you know
> > > > > that wants to help STOP this "great global social
> > > > > security
> > > > > giveaway." Thank you!
> > > > >
> > > > >
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