America is giving its badly needed money to undeserving people. Social Security benefit requirements must be revised because there are more eligible retirees every year, and government money is being wasted on illegal aliens and drug addicts.

Every year there are more retirees eligible for SSI. "The elderly population aged 60 years and above grew from 97,528 (8.6%) to 109,180 (9.1%)" (7) from 1996 to 2001. The population has been rising steadily since then. America must reward retirees. The are other beneficiaries too. If a family member dies there are often benefits for the family. The number of widows ages 15 to 59 has raised 9.9% from 1996 to 2001(7). These are deserving Americans that are being neglected by the government.

The law in the U.S. has stated since 1997 that if one is on social security based on a drug addiction or alcoholism that they may no long have it. However if one believes that they would be disabled even...