Somebody Defend This
This is so incomprehensible (as it was when the Senate included it, and other similar madness relating to income tax returns, in last year’s immigration bill, which thankfully did not make it into law), you would think there’s something obvious that I’m missing (but I doubt it):
An agreement the Bush administration reached with Mexico on Social Security benefits would allow illegal aliens granted amnesty in the future to claim credit for the time they worked illegally.
I would really like to see someone to come in here and attempt to defend this (but I doubt anyone can).
Why this is Mexico’s concern, or even a matter to be discussed with Mexico, is a real mystery. Do we worry about our expats vesting in France’s retirement system while they’re working in Paris?
Maybe if illegals knew that they would be getting nothing towards retirement from either country’s government-sponsored retirement system, they MIGHT be more inclined to conduct themselves in a legal manner (but I doubt it).
You won’t find 10% of Americans who support this. So why is it happening?
“So why is this happening?”
The technical term is “Hispandering”…
Comment by Matt Hurley — January 5, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
2. I guess there’s probably a pretty good market in Washington for “Hispandex.”
Comment by TBlumer — January 5, 2007 @ 5:35 pm