Question: What group of workers has paid $100 Billion into social security over the last ten years — the same group that pays around $13 Billion a year into social security but will get only about $1 Billion back later in life? That’s a large loss to them and gain to the social security fund.
Answer: People who live and work here illegally.
Read about it at https://news.vice.com/article/unauthorized-immigrants-paid-100-billion-into-social-security-over-last-decade.
I was thinking about those problematic DACA kids Yes, they were brought here with no say in the matter when they were very young, but, yes, they are here illegally because their parents came her illegally. Yet, consider this: our government told them that they could stay in this country indefinitely if they admitted to their status, signed up, gave their personal information, and paid a fee. Thus, they became DACA kids and could continue with their college and employment and life out in the open, without fear of discovery.
Let’s see. The kids did what they were asked, and the government accepted their money for it. The agreement was completed. Isn’t that a signed, sealed, and delivered CONTRACT? It meets the criteria for a contract.
My question is, then, if a DACA kid is deported, can he sue the U.S. Government for breach of contract?
I’ve missed those gorgeous orange-, black-, and white-winged visitors to my yard. There used to be many, but for years I’d be lucky to see one on their 3,400-mile yearly migration. That’s because the Monarch butterfly has been dying out, thanks, in large part, to logging and herbicides killing off the milkweed they need.
Efforts by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada are starting to reverse that loss of color in our world. We’re planting milkweed along 1000 miles of their migration path. And Mexico is successfully stopping illegal logging on the Monarch reserve, logging that has been destroying the forest that protects those butterflies in the winter.
The progress is encouraging. I look forward to their return to my yard, pollinating my plants and brightening my summer.