I could not believe what I was reading in the Oct. 20 Herald about “Millions in Social Security benefits to expelled Nazis”; seems the USA booted them out of this country, but was paying them Social Security benefits, how on earth did this happen? Where is the outrage? They killed so many of the Jewish people, such outrageous atrocities. Not only that but what about the loss of our military men and women during World War II? I have not forgotten them.
According to the article, among those receiving benefits were armed SS troops who guarded the network of Nazi camps where millions of Jews perished.
To me it is absolutely outrageous that Nazi war criminals are continuing to receive Social Security benefits when they have been outlawed from our country for many, many, years. This is not the way America should behave, taking from our Social Security that we paid for to support the former members of Adolf Hitler’s war machine. There is a benefit loophole that was not closed that allowed this with Social Security. No kidding, huh!
The article was written by three Associated Press reporters — David Rising, Randy Herschaft and Richard Lardner. Bless them for their efforts in bringing forth this American problem.
Seems we were rewarding them to move out of the U.S. In my opinion, they should have been sent back to Germany or where they came from, and herded into cattle railroad cars without water and sent onto Auschwitz Camp and then into the so-called showers that the Nazi’s built there.
Then if they survived, have them remove their gold teeth and glasses before they had to work in the ovens burning their comrades that had perished. That was all built by Nazi’s; welcome home, people!
The reporters said they found at least 38 of the 66 suspects removed from the country kept their Social Security benefits. On top of that, the Social Security Administration refused the AP’s request for the total number of Nazi suspects who received benefits and the dollar amount of those payments. Spokesman William Jarrett of Social Security said the agency does not track data specific to Nazi cases. He also said that there is no exception in U.S. privacy law that allows it to disclose information because the individual is a Nazi war criminal or an accused Nazi war criminal.
Am I the only one that feels this terrible outrage of our system … am I? Who is responsible for this, I hope to find out.
Sherry Bonnett
Camano Island
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