WELL, THEY WERE SOCIALISTS: Former Nazis received $20.2 million in Social Security benefits.
A report from the Social Security Administration’s inspector general revealed that more than 130 suspected Nazi war criminals, SS guards and others who may have participated in the Third Reich’s atrocities collected $20.2 million in retirement benefits. . . .
The watchdog report comes seven months after The Associated Press revealed benefits were paid to former Nazis after they were forced out of the U.S. The AP found that the Justice Department used a legal loophole to persuade Nazi suspects to leave the U.S. in exchange for Social Security benefits. IF they agreed to go voluntarily or fled the country before their deportation, they could keep their benefits.
Congress passed legislation to close the loophole and bar Nazi suspects from receiving benefits. President Obama signed the measure into law last year.
But hey, as Socialists, the Nazis appreciated all this cradle-to-grave government support. They only got cut off because of the political pressure put on Congress. Now, if only they could somehow make statutory entitlements a constitutional right. Oh, wait. . .