Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970130420

If the object of preventing the $15 billion in fraud--obviously. not all of that is going to be preventedbut if the reason the administration does not want to spend the $1.2 million is economy. then. surely it is a bizarre economy measure. If waste. fraud. and abusea subject of which we hear an everincreasing amount of rhetoricis a real concern. why not address it in this simple and forthright manner? I hope that within the Social Security Administration this measure has not become a point of concern because illegal aliens working with counterfeit social security cards in fact contribute to the system and receive no benefits from it. It certainly is unworthy of the administration to object to a simple. forthright measure of this kind for purposes they are not open aboutif. in fact. that is one of their concerns. If that is not one of their concerns. the whole matter becomes inexplicable.
Keywords matched
illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DANIEL MOYNIHAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1981-12-15
Speech ID
970130420
Paragraph
#0
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