The stimulus and illegals

[HakunaMatata2]

More news on this issue.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D960U4HG0&show_article=1

 

[rabx5]

 

[cheshireqt]

That makes me

 

[cinmell]

That makes me

You're not the only one.

 

["Got Disney"]

......our Representatives are all a bunch of

 

[browneyes106]

This makes me mad too.

 

[DawnCt1]

This doesn't bother you in the least? Is this more of the "change" we can expect?

 

[Liann]

Are they nuts??

 

[JMD]

Hope and change.

 

[S. C.]

That and paying for abortions for other countries.

 

[bsc22]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6237001.html

WASHINGTON — Illegal immigrants without Social Security numbers could not get tax credits under the $800 billion-plus economic stimulus package making its way through Congress.

A senior GOP congressional official expressed concern Thursday that the bill could steer government checks to undocumented workers, but in fact the measure prevents anyone without a Social Security number from claiming tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple. It also expressly disqualifies nonresident aliens.

The Republican spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. But Democrats were quick to reject the notion.

"This legislation is directed toward people who are legal in our country. It is about time the Republicans got a different piece of reading material and get off this illegal immigrant stuff," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "This bill has nothing to do with anything illegal as far as immigration. It creates jobs for people who are lawfully in this country."

A revolt among GOP conservatives to provisions of last year's economic stimulus bill, which sent rebate checks to most wage earners, forced Democratic congressional leaders to add stricter eligibility requirements. That legislation, enacted in February 2008, required that people have valid Social Security numbers in order to get checks.

The current plan imposes the same limits for the tax credit as are in place for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a program for low-income workers.

Republicans have already criticized the economic recovery package for including what they argue is wasteful spending and omitting tax cuts for wealthier people and businesses they say are needed to jump-start the anemic economy.

Not a single Republican voted for an $819 billion version of the plan when it passed the House on Wednesday.

GOP senators voiced their concerns at a midday news conference.

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., criticized the tax credit — which would go to millions of Americans who don't make enough money to pay federal income taxes — as insufficient to stimulate the economy.

"Calling a rebate to people who don't pay income taxes a tax cut doesn't make it a tax cut," Kyl said.

Next....

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

On another note, this is the first I've read about actual numbers. $1000 per married couple?? Nothing for families w/kids?? Didn't people get $400 per child last time??

 

[Free4Life11]

On another note, this is the first I've read about actual numbers. $1000 per married couple?? Nothing for families w/kids?? Didn't people get $400 per child last time??

You just answered you own question. Married couples with kids would get $1000.

 

[bsc22]

You just answered you own question. Married couples with kids would get $1000.

 

[ericamanda01]

This doesn't bother you in the least? Is this more of the "change" we can expect?

The next four years are going to crawl by for you, aren't they?

 

[Island_Lauri]

SEC. 1114. REQUIRED PARTICIPATION IN E-VERIFY PROGRAM.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the E-verify program described in section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).

 

[adkkev]

Don't worry ... you're not going to get a response from the OP. A similar thread was started a couple days ago, shot down by other posters, and the OP never acknowledged that the original post was inaccurate.

 

[Lasty K]

Booo on the stimulus package.