Can anyone shed some light on the facts behind this RW spam email?

[Speck Tater]

I'm getting tho forwarded to me by RW acquaintences and I'm not sure how to reply. Sounds like BS to me.


Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:37:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: This is an insult!

This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us...

Get mad and pass it on - I don't know how, but maybe some good
will come of this travesty.

If the immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get
more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004.
She is only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and
there's a 'catch 22'.

It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee
with a monthly allowance of $1,890. Each can also obtain an
additional $580 in social assistance, for a total of $2,470 a month.

This compares to a single pensioner, who after contributing to
the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years, can only
receive a monthly maximum of $1,012 in old age pension and
Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be
ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012 and the
pensioners up to $2,470. Then we can enjoy some of the money we were
forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 5 0 or 60 years.

Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians
have been doing over the past 11 years - to the over-taxed American.


SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW

[sandnsea]

1. Did you just get online this year?

Snopes.

[Tempest]

2. Snopes: FALSE

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp

[Ilsa]

3. Snopes is your friend:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp

This is a slight variation on the email.

[Mz Pip]

4. Snopes is your friend

This one has been around in various form for a few years. It's false.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp

FALSE

[Tuvok Obama]

6. The first clue is always "send this to everyone you know"

I suppose a completely true and accurate email that ends with that line could, in theory, exist ... but I've never received one.

As soon as I see "send this to everyone you know" I Google key phrases in the email, and so far, they've all turned out to be hoaxes.

[Speck Tater]

7. So Sorry. Snopes is now bookmarekd. nt

[sagetea]

8. LOL, I was going to say Snopes...

but I think you get the picture!