Opinion - New York Times - What Social Security Isn’t Meant to Do

Today The New York Times posted an "Opinion" article on how "disgusted" they are about the "SAVE Act" and what harm it will do to the immigration problem. The Times is so pro-illegal-alien it can't understand why aliens can't have everything plus, by all means, should not have to be a citizen of the United States to work? This comment was made.....

"the Social Security database is rotten with errors"

If the SS database is rotten with errors, what does THAT mean for the increased use as baby boomers retire? There is no better way to clean up a database than rigorous use, correcting errors as they are found. If you are a person about to apply for SS in a few years, when would you like to find an error in your SS records, now or after you've made plans to retire, quit your job, and will depend on SS to help you live?

All of this is simply the Main Stream Media's feeble attempt to justify amnesty. Grant illegal aliens amnesty (aka a path to citizenship, a way out of the shadows, etc) and the problem is "solved"; and the Social Security file, "rotten with errors", never gets fixed.The SAVE Act allows a time period for a mismatch to be corrected; and in most states a person can be fired, period. The employer doesn't NEED an excuse. "I no longer need your services" will do.

This was pointed out REPEATEDLY in the last NYT editorial on this subject in the comments section.What you aren't hearing is that these errors could have been well on their way to being fixed if SS and the IRS had coordinated carefully together and had informed people when their SS # was likely being used unlawfully. Most people find out about this only when they receive a bill from the IRS for taxes on money earned by somebody - or more than one somebody - using their SS # unlawfully.There are errors in the IRS database and in the SS database - I've had to get my own record corrected - and IF you are on the level, it usually doesn't take long to correct them.

Is the NYT suggesting that we stop collecting taxes and paying SS benefits until these files are 100% perfect? Of course not.

This is a non-issue. Pass the SAVE Act and let's get the job of verifying legality done. And let's let our legislators know that we want this to happen NOW. And let's also remember in November if they fail to do so.

Unhappy American

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