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From: S Viemeister on 21 Apr 2010 15:59 On 4/21/2010 2:51 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: > William Black wrote: >> Martin wrote: >>> At least one English woman has lived there whilst claiming UK social >>> security >>> benefits. I think she is being or was prosecuted for �40K fraud. >> >> Current estimates are that about 25,000 to 30,000 Brits live there >> while claiming benefits, especially sickness and disability benefits >> as there's no routine check to see if you're in the UK. >> >> Indeed, I don't think you need to be in the country to claim them as >> long as you remain a British resident. >> > I could be mistaken, but I think one can collect U.S. "Social Security" > benefits anywhere, since they represent money we have paid in taxes, all > our working lives. (However, they are paid in U.S. dollars, and even > here in the U.S. provide somewhat less that a reasonable amount to > sustain life, if that's the sole source of income.) > US Social Security, is UK old age pension. UK social security, is US welfare... And yes, you can collect US Social Security abroad.
From: d4g4h4 on 21 Apr 2010 16:20 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > William Black wrote: > > Martin wrote: > >> At least one English woman has lived there whilst claiming UK social > >> security > >> benefits. I think she is being or was prosecuted for �40K fraud. > > > > Current estimates are that about 25,000 to 30,000 Brits live there while > > claiming benefits, especially sickness and disability benefits as > > there's no routine check to see if you're in the UK. > > > > Indeed, I don't think you need to be in the country to claim them as > > long as you remain a British resident. > > > > I could be mistaken, but I think one can collect U.S. "Social Security" > benefits anywhere, since they represent money we have paid in taxes, all > our working lives. You're not mistaken. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Hatunen on 21 Apr 2010 22:40 On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:22:46 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >Hatunen wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:38:38 -0700, >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>> There are times when I envy him! (Unfortunately, with my retirement >>> income all in U.S. Dollars, retiring abroad just wasn't feasible.) >> >> Mexico. Lake Chapala near Guadalajara. > >Thanks, but to me "abroad" would be Vienna or Paris or Brussels, meaning >the shrinkage of the dollar against the euro would prove a hardship. >(Particularly when major cities ANYWHERE are more expensive than other >communities.) On the ohter hand the Mexican peso has now shrunk to 12.3 to the dollar. And a dollar goes a looong way in Mexico. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 21 Apr 2010 22:43 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:51:19 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >I could be mistaken, but I think one can collect U.S. "Social Security" >benefits anywhere, since they represent money we have paid in taxes, all >our working lives. (However, they are paid in U.S. dollars, and even >here in the U.S. provide somewhat less that a reasonable amount to >sustain life, if that's the sole source of income.) You can get your social security all right, but your Medicare doesn't travel. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Josef Kleber on 11 May 2010 08:01
Am 20.04.2010 18:41, schrieb Martin: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:30:18 +0200, Josef Kleber <josef.kleber(a)nurfuerspam.de> > wrote: > >> Am 20.04.2010 17:50, schrieb Martin: >>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:19:25 +0200, Josef Kleber <josef.kleber(a)nurfuerspam.de> >>>> OTOH, there are other ways today. My online TV recording service can >>>> record 20 US stations including the big networks. So, i can easily >>>> download CSI, Grey's Anatomy or NCIS: LA, which has not started yet in >>>> Germany. >>> >>> That's interesting. What is your online TV recording service? >> >> http://www.onlinetvrecorder.com/ >> >> Josef > > Thanks, Josef. I'll try it later. BTW, they added now also 15 UK stations, BBCs, ITVs, Channel 4, Five, ... Josef -- Keine Sicherheit ohne Sch�uble: GNUPG/PGP-Key unter http://www.josef-kleber.de/pgp/Josef_Kleber_News.asc DSA 1024 / 0xF4B1EA2A / F832 6058 319E FFD4 0EFF 088C 521B 40D4 F4B1 EA2A |