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From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008 1:06 pm
Subject: How Immigrants saved Social Security
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> The New York Times
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> April 2, 2008
> Editorial
> How Immigrants Saved Social Security
> 
> Immigration is good for the financial health of Social Security 
> because more workers mean more tax revenue. Illegal immigration, it 
> turns out, is even better than legal immigration. In the fine print of 
> the 2008 annual report on Social Security, released last week, the 
> program’s trustees noted that growing numbers of “other than legal” 
> workers are expected to bolster the program over the coming decades.
> 
> One reason is that many undocumented workers pay taxes during their 
> work lives but don’t collect benefits later. Another is that 
> undocumented workers are entering the United States at ever younger 
> ages and are expected to have more children while they’re here than if 
> they arrived at later ages. The result is a substantial increase in 
> the number of working-age people paying taxes, but a relatively 
> smaller increase in the number of retirees who receive benefits — a 
> double boon to Social Security’s bottom line.
> 
> We’re not talking chump change. According to the report, the taxes 
> paid by other-than-legal immigrants will close 15 percent of the 
> system’s projected long-term deficit. That’s equivalent to raising the 
> payroll tax by 0.3 percentage points, starting today.
> 
> That is not to suggest that illegal immigration is a legitimate fix to 
> Social Security’s problems. It is another reminder, however, of the 
> nation’s complex relationship with undocumented workers. Would the 
> people who want to deport all undocumented workers be willing to make 
> up the difference and pay the taxes that the undocumented are 
> currently paying?
> 
> It is also a reminder of Social Security’s dynamism. As society and 
> the economy evolve, so does the system, responding not only to changes 
> in immigration and fertility, but also in wage growth and other 
> variables. As such, it is adaptable to the 21st century, if only the 
> political will can be found to champion the necessary changes. Those 
> include modest tax increases and moderate benefit cuts that could be 
> phased in over decades — provided the country gets started soon.
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