Totalization Scam

Obfuscation Big Time

This morning Fox & Friends had Sen. John Cornyn (R TX) on to discuss a sub rosa agreement signed with Mexico that would give a minimum of 12 million illegal Mexicans full Social Security benefits.  Yesterday I noted that nowhere was the person, or agency, responsible for this agreement being negotiated identified.  Cornyn was asked twice during the interview "how did this come about," and he danced around it. At one point Cornyn says he has "no problem with Totalization" in respect to legal guest workers.  "Totalization"  is a new term to me. It turns out we have agreements with the nations listed below.  Of course there is little concern over Swedish illegals scamming our system, in fact our Social Security insurance is prolly a pittance compared to the largess of European socialism.  I am not reassured by Cornyn's "This will not happen (unless the new Democrat congress agrees)" statement, and I want to know the name of the person responsible.. Totalization Agreements   The United States has entered into agreements, called Totalization Agreements, with several nations  for the purpose of avoiding double taxation of income with respect to social security taxes. These agreements must be taken into account when determining whether any alien is subject to the United States Social Security/Medicare tax, or whether any U.S. citizen or resident alien is subject to the social security taxes of a foreign country. As of this time, the following nations have entered into Totalization Agreements with the United States: Source: IRS Australia Austria Belgium Canada Chile Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom