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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (19395)	9/4/2005 11:47:01 AM
From: xcr600	Respond to of 20773

good point! btw, came back from Ontario last night. I can't tell you how many people asked me what the hell was going on in LA and what was wrong with the gov't. All I could do was simply shrug and say that they're simply incompetent, at best. But it was nice to hear how so many were sending donations to the Red Cross.

To: Bucky Katt who wrote (19395)	9/4/2005 2:37:13 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 20773

One needs 10 years of minimum SS-payments to get back the first dime as ss-pension, except if ones country of citizenship has a special SS-tax agreement with USA. If less than 10 years, nothing for that appr 7+7% tax, gratis cash for USA (skipping the insurance part). One reason for re-cycling "guest-workers" and make sure they will not reach 10 years of minimum SS-payments. However, some nations have SS-tax agreements with USA which provides that the person continues paying pension, healthcare, etc taxes to the nation of origin when the stay in USA is short (3-4 years). Additionally there is a limit on how many days of the year one is resident in USA, something like the 180(?)-day rule. (if less than 180 days, one can opt out of the ss-taxes that year but loses all (most?) deductions for the other taxes)