GOP, Dems rally behind Social Security benefit ban for Nazis

[Billnew]

GOP, Dems rally behind Nazi Social Security benefit ban - CNN.com

Almost 70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the concentration camp set up by the Germans to exterminate Jewish prisoners, there are still a handful of Nazis who continue to receive U.S. Social Security benefits.

Why has it taken this long to end payments to people that were stripped of their citizenship and deported?

But then again, were they ever convicted of any crime?

 

[cow451]

A rare bit of bipartisanship.

 

[jayem]

GOP, Dems rally behind Nazi Social Security benefit ban - CNN.com



Why has it taken this long to end payments to people that were stripped of their citizenship and deported?

But then again, were they ever convicted of any crime?

I'm sure that not disclosing, or lying about one's involvement in war crimes is illegal. If it's grounds for deportation, it should be considered a felony.

However, I know that SS benefits are denied if a convicted felon is imprisoned. But I'm not sure that's true if one is not confined (like given a suspended sentence. Or just deported.) Maybe that's one of the loopholes.

 

[ThisBrotherOfHis]

How many living Nazis are there in the U.S.?

And how many illegals who are about to get benefits?



While we're at it, let's ban Martians and Venusians from receiving benefits, too. God forbid we'd actually do something about preventing illegals from draining the U.S. public till.

 

[jayem]

How many living Nazis are there in the U.S.?

I think this law applies to concentration camp personnel who've been deported, but are still getting benefits. The article said there are 4. This is more symbolic than substantive.

And how many illegals who are about to get benefits?

Good question. But to be eligible for SS, they and their employers would have been paying FICA. So at least they're paying into the system. Or that's how it's supposed to work.