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02-17-2010, 04:30 PM
I can't find anything recent that could be what this email is talking about...
I did find a snopes from many years ago...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/socialsecurity.asp
Anyone know what the story on this is?
>>> 2/17/2010 11:36 AM >>>
SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES
> >It does not matter if you personally like or dislike Obama. You need
> >to sign this petition and flood his e-mail box with e-mails that tell
> >him that, even if the House passes this bill, he needs to veto it. It
> >is already impossible to live on Social Security alone. If the
> >government gives benefits to 'illegal' aliens who have never
> >contributed, where does that leave those of us who have paid into
> >Social Security all our working lives?
> >
> >
> >As stated below, the Senate voted this week to allow 'illegal' aliens
> >access to Social Security benefits.
> >Attached is an opportunity to sign a petition that requires citizenship
> >for eligibility to that social service.
> >
> >Instructions are below. If you don't forward the petition and just
> >stop it, we will lose all these names.
> >
> >If you do not want to sign it, please just forward it to everyone you
> >know.
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >To add your name, click on 'forward'. Address it to all of your email
> >correspondents, add your name to the list and send it on..
> >
> >When the petition hits 1,000, send it to comment@whitehouse.gov
> >
> >PETITION for President Obama:
> >
> >Dear Mr. President:
> >We, the undersigned, protest the bill that the Senate voted on recently
> >which would allow illegal aliens to access our Social Security. We
> >demand that you and all Congressional representatives require
> >citizenship as a pre-requisite for social services in the United States
> >.
> >
> >We further demand that there not be any amnesty give n to illegal
> >aliens, NO free services, no funding, no payments to and for illegal
> >immigrants.
I did find a snopes from many years ago...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/socialsecurity.asp
Anyone know what the story on this is?
>>> 2/17/2010 11:36 AM >>>
SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES
> >It does not matter if you personally like or dislike Obama. You need
> >to sign this petition and flood his e-mail box with e-mails that tell
> >him that, even if the House passes this bill, he needs to veto it. It
> >is already impossible to live on Social Security alone. If the
> >government gives benefits to 'illegal' aliens who have never
> >contributed, where does that leave those of us who have paid into
> >Social Security all our working lives?
> >
> >
> >As stated below, the Senate voted this week to allow 'illegal' aliens
> >access to Social Security benefits.
> >Attached is an opportunity to sign a petition that requires citizenship
> >for eligibility to that social service.
> >
> >Instructions are below. If you don't forward the petition and just
> >stop it, we will lose all these names.
> >
> >If you do not want to sign it, please just forward it to everyone you
> >know.
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >To add your name, click on 'forward'. Address it to all of your email
> >correspondents, add your name to the list and send it on..
> >
> >When the petition hits 1,000, send it to comment@whitehouse.gov
> >
> >PETITION for President Obama:
> >
> >Dear Mr. President:
> >We, the undersigned, protest the bill that the Senate voted on recently
> >which would allow illegal aliens to access our Social Security. We
> >demand that you and all Congressional representatives require
> >citizenship as a pre-requisite for social services in the United States
> >.
> >
> >We further demand that there not be any amnesty give n to illegal
> >aliens, NO free services, no funding, no payments to and for illegal
> >immigrants.