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If I'm a US citizen, but spend my whole life working in another country, should I be entitled to draw social security checks from the US? You are NOT entitled
by bsullivan01 13y ago
If I'm a US citizen, but spend my whole life working in another country, should I be entitled to draw social security checks from the US?
You are NOT entitled and you will NOT draw jack from Social Security--unless you paid in for at least 10 years. Then, that is your money.
If you move to US and are dirt poor, I suppose you may get some state aid, medicaid etc but that's a basic right to anyone that lives there. It probably balances out as many will retire, say to Mexico, and not use those services.
- cromwellian 13y agoSocial Security is not a savings account. Even if you paid in for 10 years, you can easily draw more than you put in.
- bsullivan01 13y agoSocial Security is not a savings account. Even if you paid in for 10 years, you can easily draw more than you put in. Or you can die while the first check is still in the mail. That's the system the Fed set up