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Originally posted by ktsnake
Are you referring to the ITIN? It is to allow voluntary compliance with the tax code.
http://policy.ssa.gov/erm/rules.nsf/...56d180066599a/$FILE/Rajivs_Khanna_pc.txt
Please be aware that to use this in place of a SSN to gain employment is also illegal.
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according to
this article, the SSA estimates that 3/4 of all illegal immigrant workers pay into SS and medicare. Whether or not you agree with the author's conclusion that the current viability of social security relies on this huge number ($56 billion, it seems), it seems an interesting point.
KT - what's your real point here? I have difficulty assigning your feelings to much more than rampant xenophobia - I've never heard of an American citizen being denied health care, etc because of illegal immigrants. I've only heard of American citizens becoming rich by utilizing immigrant workers.
It's a two-way road - if you're willing to assign such blame to the immigrants and 'Mexico' (as you put it), how do you feel about the citizens that are the enablers? Are these workers really such a 'drag' on the average American, when most are in the work force and earning a living? Not to even introduce the type of jobs being geared toward immigrant workers . . .
Also - how does this apply to in-state tuition at colleges? Doesn't the prospect of higher education help to alleviate the endemic problems that you associate with illegal immigration?
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