In 2013, AMAC—The Association of Mature American Citizens—took a big step with the creation of the AMAC Foundation, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit entity designed to serve Americans. The Foundation’s mission is to help protect and ensure the financial security, health, and social lives of current and future mature Americans, and to help Americans navigate the bewildering array of decisions they need to make.
The Foundation’s projects and plans include providing factual information that improves understanding of the positive value of Social Security and Medicare and the current and long-term challenges these programs face, as well as providing interpretations by Certified Social Security Advisors through AMAC publications, workshops, webinars, podcasts, and telephone support.
In addition, the Foundation serves all Americans in a variety of capacities, including provision of a source of education on the principles of American Free Enterprise, long-term retirement financial planning, and preparing for life—and potential employment—after retirement.
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Receiving payments from Social Security needs to be and has to be only for those of us that have paid into Social Security! Not anyone else! Paying non-citizens, illegal-immigrants and and anyone who has NOT paid into the system needs to be cutoff NOW!
Bruce:
Thank you for your comment. This issue comes up from time-to-time, and it’s related to a myth that’s perpetuated primarily by social media rants. The fact is that in order for anyone to receive Social Security benefits, they must be in the U.S legally and must have been paying in to the system for at least 10 years to accumulate the credits necessary for benefits. These rules apply to all workers, whether native-born or immigrants.
Sometimes, the concern actually relates to benefits other than Social Security (Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), TANF, SNAP, and SSI), and for further information I refer you to this document from the Immigration National Forum: https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-immigrants-and-public-benefits.
Again, thank you for the message!
Gerry Hafer
AMAC Foundation Social Security Advisory Service